Representatives of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) on Thursday met with Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen to discuss a motion to amend the law that says information about the LGBT community has a negative impact on minors.
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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.
While Lithuania still struggles to defend equal rights for all her citizens, some of them are tired of waiting and are starting to take brave initiatives to change their society themselves. One such initiative is the Friendly Kaunas map, launched on Monday, July 31st. 10,000 free copies will be dist...
The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) said on Wednesday that it had asked President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the parliament's decision to transpose into national law an EU directive without listing partners as family members.
On 13th May, 2017 in order to draw the attention to the persecution and serious human rights violations against LGBT people in Chechnya (Russian Federation), the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized a protest next to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Gay League reported in a ...
The Lithuanian Health Ministry plans to take steps to ensure that transgender people have access to proper hormone replacement therapy and psychological counseling.
Around 2,000 people joined the pride march For Equality on the Gediminas' Avenue in Vilnius on June 18 in a massive show of support to the Lithuanian LGBT community. “I think that Lithuania has just moved closer to European values. I am very happy that everyone supported us,” said the head of the Li...
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.
A small group protested outside the Russian Drama Theatre in Vilnius which hosted a Baltic Pride event on Thursday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
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...
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.
Tomas Raskevičius, an LGBT policy coordinator at the Lithuanian Gay League, spoke about the issues facing the LGBT community in Lithuania and some of the community's goals.
The Lithuanian Gay League says that it is “very happy” with the support it has received from Vilnius Municipality for Baltic Pride 2016.
The Lithuanian Gay League invited swimmer Rūta Meilutytė to march in the Baltic Pride event in Vilnius this year, but received an unexpected answer from her father Saulius Meilutis.
The Baltic Pride is returning to Vilnius this June. The third LGBT pride event in the Lithuanian capital is for the first time taking place without express opposition from politicians, although the election year could prove a hot background for discussing LGBT rights.
A social media campaign by young Lithuanian filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas raised €900 to help two young gay men who had been kicked out of their homes in Panevėžys by their parents.
The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), an LGBT rights organization, has announced that Baltic Pride 2016 will take place in Vilnius in June, with the main events - the pride march followed by a concert - planned in central locations of the Lithuanian capital.
