We started the new academic year with the training for the LGL’s Board and staff members in the field of internal communication and strategic planning. In the course of the meeting several strategically important decisions have been made, contributing to positioning the association LGL as even more open and democratic organization, representing the interests of
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Lawmaker Alexei Zhuravlyov has proposed a bill that will would deny gay parents custody over their own children. If passed it would make “non traditional sexual orientation” a basis for the deprivation of parental rights. It places same-sex sexual orientation in the same category as alcohol and drug abuse. If passed the law would follow
Russia’s Straight Alliance for LGBT Equality has held a series of successful public protests despite being filmed by police, sending the message ‘from Russia with love’ to the global LGBT community. Organizers of the 3 September flashmob event held it in solidarity with other protests held around the world against Russia’s treatment of LGBTs. ‘We,
24-year-old Dmitry Isakov may become the first gay rights activist to be convicted under Russia’s controversial “gay propanda” laws, after he was attacked and arrested by his own parents at a solo campaign in July. On July 30, Mr Isakov staged a one-man protest in the centre of the town of Kazan, Russia, holding up a
Members of the European Parliament are calling on EU leaders and the Council of Europe to denounce Russia’s increasingly forceful crackdown against minorities. In the past year, several laws were adopted to curtail the rights of minorities, and attack non-governmental organisations defending human rights. Latest examples include the Foreign Agents law and several homophobic ‘anti-propaganda’
Vladimir & Eduardas from LGL participated in Copenhagen Pride on 24 August 2013!
Baltic Pride 2013 March for Equality (Vilnius, 27 July 2013)
Reception at the Dutch embassy where a lot of LGBT human rights activist and other supporters participated (Vilnius, 26-07-2013)
International Baltic Pride Human Rights Conference: Towards a European Roadmap for LGBT Equality (Vilnius, 26 July 2013)
Against a backdrop of rising unemployment and increased deprivation, this FRA Annual report closely examines the situation of those, such as children, who are vulnerable to budget cuts, impacting important fields such as education, healthcare and social services. It looks at the discrimination that Roma continue to face and the mainstreaming of elements of extremist