Sekmadienį keli tūkstančiai graikų Atėnuose dalyvavo demonstracijoje prieš ketinimus įteisinti santuokas tarp tos pačios lyties asmenų ir leidimą jiems įsivaikinti. Kitą savaitę šio įstatymo projektas bus svarstomas parlamente, praneša AFP.
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Attempts to pass the law on civil union have stalled in parliament, but United States Ambassador to Lithuania Robert S. Gilchrist says US President Joe Biden would welcome the adoption of the law as the issue is important for his administration.
While “Baltic Pride” festival is taking place in Lithuania this week, ILGA-Europe, an NGO monitoring the rights of LGBTI, announced “Rainbow Map” where European countries are compared by LGBTI rights in each country.
“Baltic Pride” 2019 is the largest LGBT community event with the participants of the LGBT community and supporters from Lithuania, the Baltic states, Europe and the entire world.
Couples, including gays and lesbians, will be "married" by a humanoid robot in a mock ceremony planned to be staged outside the Lithuanian government's building in Vilnius on St. Valentine's Day.
If ordinary members of Lithuania's next parliament back the ideas of their leaders, the country may adopt a historic decision to legalize homosexual relations within the next four years.
On Tuesday evening at “Paviljonas” Jazz Club, filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas and photographer ARCANA FEMINA presented a unique book on the LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and others) community – Lietuva atsiskleidžia: 99 LGBT+ istorijos (Lithuania Comes Out: 99 LGBT+ Stories).
Lithuania's former MEP, philosopher Leonidas Donskis, passed away on Wednesday morning.
To promote voting in general election this October amongst the diaspora, the Lithuanian Youth Association of the UK (JKLJS) with partners organized a political debate at the University College London. The event packed large Darwin hall with live streaming being watched by Lithuanians in the US, Neth...
Winds of tolerance and human rights appear to be blowing in the run up to the Seimas elections. A highlight of a Tuesday discussion at the Loftas venue, organised by the initiative “Žinau, ką renku” (I know who I’m voting for), was Seimas candidate responses to the question of LGBT rights, with the ...
Lithuanian prosecutors have opened an investigation into anti-gay statements posted in comment sections of Lithuanian online newspapers in the wake of the deadly attack in a night club in Orlando, Florida.
Around 2,000 people joined the pride march For Equality on the Gediminas avenue in Vilnius on Saturday in a massive show of support to the Lithuanian LGBT community. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The Baltic Pride LGBT festival kicked off on Wednesday and will culminate in a pride parade in Vilnius. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania's president, parliamentary speaker and prime minister say they will not join the Baltic Pride march this weekend in show of support of the country's LGBT community.
An attack in a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, shocked the world just one week before an LGBT pride event in Lithuania. Some of the reactions to the news from Orlando made it clear that homophobia is still a huge problem in the country. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking...
Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 16 embassies have made a joint statement, expressing support for Baltic Pride.
Lithuania's Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas says he sees no reason for additional safety measures to be put in place during the LGBT pride march in Vilnius this weekend. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Baltic Pride festival and march to be held in the centre of Vilnius next week is aimed at increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the society, an organizer said on Friday.
A married gay couple continues to fight Lithuanian migration authorities that refuse to grant one of the male spouses residency permit.
