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Albanian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) activists march while holding the symbolic rainbow flag in the main boulevard of Tirana to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), on May 17, 2014. Only in recent years has the LGBT community in Albania emerged from marginalized and underground activities to hold public events and parades, although not entirely without causing controversy and prejudice in this small Balkan nation which until the collapse of the communist regime in 1990 penalized homosexuality. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)