LGBT rights advocates around the world are celebrating Pride month with parades, marches and other events. Nearly two million people on June 7 attended Sao Paulo’s annual Pride parade that took place along the Brazilian city’s main thoroughfare. Petrobras, a state-run oil company, was among the sponsors of the annual event that remains one of
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The recent homophobic rant by Lithuanian DJ and producer Marijus Adomaitis, known internationally as Ten Walls, and the following outcry will benefit Lithuania, as it will trigger an even more open discussion on homophobia and intolerance, claimed the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė on the 10th of June, 2015. “I believe the
Justice Minister’s Opposition Violates European Norms (Berlin, June 11, 2015) – The Lithuanian justice minister’s blanket rejection of a gender neutral bill to allow civil partnerships contravenes European standards, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis released today. The minister was reacting to a proposed civil partnership bill by nine
The National LGBT* Organization LGL, welcomes the fact that yesterday, Tuesday the 9th of June, 2015 the European Parliament loudly signaled its commitment to gender equality, and more specifically to an EU strategy beyond 2015. In a landmark vote, the European Parliament has demanded to include LGBTI rights in a future EU gender equality strategy.
For the second time since 2013, the march for equality took place in Kiev. Over 2000 police officers protected around 300 participants against far right counter demonstrators. The march was attended by the Swedish ambassador and Members of Parliament, and found support by President Poroshenko who emphasized that it “is a constitutional right of every Ukrainian
On the 8th of June, 2015 the Lithuanian musician Ten Walls has been dropped from several events after comparing homosexuality to pedophilia. The Lithuanian producer and musician issued an apology after he posted the comments on “Facebook”, which referred to LGBT* people as people of a “different breed”. Ten Walls, real name Marijus Adomaitis, has
Ten people were injured on Saturday during clashes that broke out at an LGBT Pride march in the Ukrainian capital. Agence France-Presse reported that nine Kiev police officers suffered injuries when members of Pravy Sektor (Right Sector), a Ukrainian nationalist group, sought to disrupt the “March for Equality” event that took place along the Dnieper
The national LGBT* rights organization LGL proudly presents its brand new publication “Transgender people’s human rights standards: gender reassignment and legal recognition” in Lithuanian. The publication is intended to share the best practices for the protection of transgender persons’ human rights as far as medical gender reassignment and legal recognition are concerned. The publication developed
Today, the national LGBT* organization LGL expresses its grave concern regarding a post that was published on the “Facebook” page of “Walking with Elephants” star on the 3d of June, 2015. The Lithuanian musician who scored a UK hit with “Walking with Elephants” has had to apologize for an anti-gay rant. Marijus Adomaitis, known as Ten
Speaking during a discussion at the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania on June 3rd, the only openly gay member of the Lithuanian Parliament and the Conservative Party Rokas Žilinskas insisted that the adoption of the Partnership Act, proposed by nine members of the Parliament from the Social Democratic and the Liberal Movement parties would