PACE calls upon Lithuania to reject the proposal of gender reassignment ban

On 5th of October a Written Declaration on access to gender reassignment treatment in Lithuania was tabled in the current session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The document refers to the proposal of the amendment to the Civil Code prohibiting gender reassignment surgery. The legislative initiative is included in the

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LGL participates in ANSO conference

From 1st till 8th of October 2011 there was an ANSO Annual Conference held in Stockholm. The conference Loud and Visible: Queering Up the Media was hosted by SFQ – the Swedish Federation of LGBTQ Student Organizations. Three representatives of Lithuanian Gay League participated in the event. Young LGBTQ activists from the Nordic countries, Poland

In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. Gender dysphoria is currently classified as a ‘mental and behavioural disorder’ in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases. The text adopted yesterday “calls on the Commission and the World Health Organization to

The Seimas fears that following adoption of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners Lithuania will be open to married Muslims with four wives and gay couples. The presentation of the draft of this law was therefore suspended on Tuesday and the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Seimas was assigned to assess the

Harsh LGBT rights restrictions to be considered by Lithuanian lawmakers

On 15 September 2011 the Lithuanian Parliament adopted its autumn agenda, preparing to debate on two legislative amendments openly violating the LGBT rights as well as the international commitments to uphold freedom of expression and to fight discrimination. The first amendment submitted by Petras Gražulis and accepted by the parliamentarians for consideration is a new

Letter of Support: Belgrade Pride 2011

Lithuanian Gay League – the national NGO advocating for the Rights of LGBT community in Lithuania against discrimination, homophobia and transphobia – wholeheartedly supports the holding of Belgrade Pride 2011. As an association committed to protection of Human Rights, and especially LGBT Rights, we feel deeply concerned about the risks that the Pride organizers are

Governments urged to raise questions for Lithuania about LGBT rights improvement

Lithuania is part of the 12th session of the Universal Periodic Review which will occur from 3rdto 14th October, 2011. The aim of this review (according to Article 5 of the Resolution of General Assembly of the UN N°60/251) is to share the situation and the efforts of each country about human rights improvement. As

Leader of Lithuanian nationalists ready to give his life to stop gay pride march

Ričardas Čekutis, chairman of Lithuanian National Centre (LNC) and organizer of this year nationalist march in central Vilnius, recently told to lrytas.lt portal he would not allow running of “parade by perverts, as the biggest parade in the country”. He stated that “whatever those globalists do, they will not be successful until we stand alive”. Second Baltic

LGL youth is taking part in two international conferences

October will be another busy month for LGL youth which will participate in two conferences. The first one will be held by the Association of Nordic and Pol-Balt LGBTQ Student Organisation (ANSO) in Stockholm from 1st to 8th, and the second one will take place in Amsterdam from 8th to 16th hosted by the International LGBTQ

UK integrates LGBT rights in its foreign policy

A document has been elaborated by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in order to encourage the promotion of LGBT Rights. This “LGBT Toolkit” has been sent to British embassies and diplomatic instances over the world so that they integrate it in their relations with the host countries. The FCO wants to express its