Karaj and LGBT-activist Kristi Pinderi were among the first activists to launch the LGBT rights movement in Albania.Meetings at the home of two Americans helped create a foundation that would serve to establish the LGBT Aleanca organization.In May 2012, while in the studio of a political show entitled "Opinion" on TV Klan, Karaj made an "unforeseen coming-out" during a fierce debate with Murat Basha, former deputy chairman of the Legality Movement Party.[3] Since 2012, Karaj is among the main organizers of the Pride Parade held in May at Dëshmorët e Kombit Bulvar in Tirana.This project was conceived as a security system where all human rights defenders have a bracelet that they wear and can activate.
Xheni Karaj, activist for LGBT community rights in Albania, 2018
