Edlira Mara
In Albania, two women take on a nation with a rooftop wedding
In many ways Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara lead an ordinary life. They brush their twin daughters' hair before school and play fight with them in their flat on weekend mornings. They have matching shoulder tattoos that mark their 14 years together.
But in their fight to be treated like other families, the lesbian couple did something extraordinary.
In loving protest, Albanian lesbians marry unofficially
On the roof of the mayor's office in Albania's capital Tirana, lesbians Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara held an unofficial wedding ceremony on Sunday, a symbolic move they hope will promote LGBT+ rights in the conservative Balkan country.