Edlira Mara, Alba Ahmetaj, 44, and their twin daughters get ready for their wedding ceremony, at the mayor's office in central Tirana, Albania, May 19, 2024. The couple's marriage is not acknowledged by the state, as Albanian law does not recognise same-sex civil unions, but for Alba and Edlira it was a real expression of love, a cry for equality. "There are two people in love ... and now they have finalised it with this beautiful ceremony," Edlira said after the wedding. "Society will never be ready ... What does this mean? That I cannot live?" REUTERS/Florion Goga
TIRANA (Reuters) - 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.
