Every year, May 17 marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Despite some progress in the area, the LGBT community still faces discrimination and exclusion based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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A symbolic rainbow-colored pedestrian crossing has been opened in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to mark the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.
Bullying remains a pandemic problem in Lithuanian schools and can sometimes lead to tragic consequence, including suicide. The Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson's Office has conducted a survey among school students, a fifth of whom said they were bullied for one reason or another.
Two guys holding hands in Moscow and Kiev - participants of a recent social experiment aimed at testing Russians' and Ukrainians' attitudes towards gay people - have not been received kindly. DELFI has repeated the test in the capital of Lithuania.
LGBT groups on Thursday expressed regret over the choice of Polish organizations in Lithuania to wear homophobic T-shirts with slogans Vilnius on Bicycles without Pedals (Wilno Na Rowerach Bez Pedalow) during their recent congress.
The recent sensation around the homophobic Facebook post written by the Lithuanian DJ “Ten Walls” (Marijus Adomaitis) has generated – as usual in these cases – a number of polarized reactions, but most of all has re-opened once again the Pandora’s vase of the admittedly-difficult relation that Lithu...
