LGBT rights

  • Society

Gay spouses continue to fight Lithuanian migration authorities

A married gay couple continues to fight Lithuanian migration authorities that refuse to grant one of the male spouses residency…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania’s Russian Drama Theatre refuses demands to ban LGBT event

The management of the Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre refused demands on Monday from the Lithuanian Russian Union to ban am…

9 years ago
  • Society

Parliament to consider defining family through marriage and parenthood

The Lithuanian parliament will debate on Thursday an amendment to the Constitution that would tie the legal definition of a…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania drops in world rankings for LGBT rights

Lithuania has been ranked 36th out of 49 countries in a LGBT rights rankings of countries compiled by Rainbow Europe.…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuanian City of London Club becomes official supporter of Baltic Pride

The Lithuanian City of London Club has become an official sponsor of Baltic Pride 2016, an LGBT event this June…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

It’s not just about ‘Pride’ for Lithuania’s LGBT community

This June, Vilnius is hosting Baltic Pride for the third time, an annual LGBT event that rotates among the three…

9 years ago
  • Society

Non-obstruction is Vilnius Municipality’s way of supporting Baltic Pride 2016

The Lithuanian Gay League says that it is “very happy” with the support it has received from Vilnius Municipality for…

9 years ago
  • Society

Tolerance and awareness-promoting initiatives honoured with Equality and Diversity Awards

The annual Equality and Diversity Awards were handed out on Monday to celebrate projects and initiatives that contributed to advancing…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s star swimmer’s father stuns Gay League with letter

The Lithuanian Gay League invited swimmer Rūta Meilutytė to march in the Baltic Pride event in Vilnius this year, but…

9 years ago
  • Society

Baltic Pride in Vilnius bringing LGBT rights into focus before elections

The Baltic Pride is returning to Vilnius this June. The third LGBT pride event in the Lithuanian capital is for…

9 years ago
  • Society

Social media campaign raises funds for homeless LGBT couple

A social media campaign by young Lithuanian filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas raised €900 to help two young gay men who had…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania refuses residency permit to same-sex spouse

Lithuania's Migration Department has refused to issue a temporary residence permit to a Belarusian man who married his Lithuanian male…

9 years ago
  • Society

Transgender Lithuanians share their stories in online videos

The Lithuanian LGBT rights group LGL has produced a series of videos in order to raise awareness about and visibility…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin the troll

Tolkienites would say that trolls are creatures originated from stone and that they lurk in dark caves and gloomy forests,…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian LGBT community secures permit for pride march in Vilnius

The Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), an LGBT rights organization, has announced that Baltic Pride 2016 will take place in Vilnius…

9 years ago
  • Society

24 percent of Lithuanians approve same-sex marriage

Every fourth Lithuanian thinks that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey. This…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Doubts about Ten Walls’ new project being vehicle for pro-LGBT message

The career of Lithuanian producer-musician Marijus Adomaitis, better known internationally as Ten Walls, took a serious hit when the artist's…

9 years ago

Same-sex couples gets married in British Embassy in Estonia

The first same-sex marriage was concluded in Tallinn between a British national and his Estonian partner. The two men were…

9 years ago
  • Society

How do people in Vilnius react to two guys holding hands?

Two guys holding hands in Moscow and Kiev - participants of a recent social experiment aimed at testing Russians' and…

9 years ago
  • Society

Polish organizations in Lithuania under criticism for homophobic T-shirts

LGBT groups on Thursday expressed regret over the choice of Polish organizations in Lithuania to wear homophobic T-shirts with slogans…

9 years ago