On May 17, the day in which IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) is celebrated worldwide, the LGL team hopped on a yellow open-deck bus and toured the streets of Vilnius demonstrating against any instance of biphobia, homophobia and transphobia. The bus started its route at 10 am from the LGL office and drove
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On May 16, a joint reception organized by 14 embassies took place at the French Residence in celebration of IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia). As stated by the French Ambassador Maryse Berniau during her speech, it is very important to celebrate this day in a country like Lithuania, where it is still difficult
On May 15 the third event of the rich programme of the Rainbow Days 2014 took place at Skalvija cinema. Approximately 70 people gathered to watch the internationally acclaimed movie Children of God, by Bahamian director Kareem Mortimer. The movie revolves around the lives of two Bahamian young men who struggle with their sexual orientation
On the 13th of May the second event organized by LGL for its Rainbow Days 2014 took place at SoulBox. Old and new friends of LGL gathered at Soul Box for an international, highly competitive quiz on human rights. The event was organized in the framework of the Rainbow Days 2014, LGL‘s initiative to celebrate
On the 7th of May the first event of the Rainbow Days 2014 took place in Vilnius, the conference hall of the „Neringa“ hotel. An activist from moscow, Andrey Obolensky has shared a deeper look at the implementation of human rights in Russia and at the issues faced by human rights activists. He was focusing
Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director of ILGA-Europe In two weeks’ time, on 22-25 May 2014, the European elections are taking place. I have probably killed your enthusiasm and will to read further just by mentioning Europe. You probably think – “I am not bothered by the European elections”, “There is no point in voting”, “Europe is
The Lithuanian Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics concluded that two fairy tales that promote tolerance for same-sex couples are harmful to minors and should be marked by the index “N-14”. According to experts, stories written by the Lithuanian author Neringa Dangvydė violate the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect
This is the first trial since the law harshening penalties for those found guilty of homosexuality was enacted earlier this year. They appeared at a magistrate’s court on Wednesday in Kampala in order to apply for bail following the announcement that prosecutors believed to have enough evidedence, will proceed with a case against them. They
On April 14, the Pride March planned for April 22-23 was banned by the authorities of Sebastol. This is the first time in which the anti-proaganda law, signed by Vladimir Putin last June, has been imposed on the Crimean LGBT* community. Following the application of the law, Sebastopol authorities viewed the Pride March as an
A transgender sailor says he was discharged from the US Navy last year because of his gender identity. Landon Wilson, a cryptologic technician who served in Afghanistan, told the Washington Post he was discharged in December, after officers discovered he was transgender. Three years ago the US repealed ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, which forbade openly gay and lesbian service