During this year’s Baltic Pride, the festival was enriched by the Pride House initiative – a series of workshops, discussions, performances, and other events created by young queer people for young queer people. Hundreds of visitors experienced the program and took part in creating a space that felt like home: one where self-expression thrived, community
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Get ready for an unforgettable Pride week! Friends of the Baltic Pride festival have put together a program that will continue casting rainbows over Vilnius after the official Baltic Pride events are over. Everyone will find a place here – you can find entertainment at bingo evenings, parties, and other events! THE ORGANIZERS OF BALTIC
We’re proud to announce that the Pride House program is now officially LIVE! Pride House is a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ people and allies to connect, celebrate, and thrive. Whether you’re looking for support, community, or just a place where you can truly be yourself—you belong here. At Pride House, you will
The National LGBTI Rights Organization LGL is proud to announce “Pride for Progress: Shaping Today’s Inclusive Workplace,” a significant conference taking place on June 6-7, 2025, from 10:00 to 15:00 at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event will serve as a key component of Baltic Pride 2025, the largest LGBTI celebration
Become a part of Baltic Pride 2025! The main program is going to take place between June 2-8, but help will be needed beforehand and afterwards, so we’re looking for anybody willing to contribute to the festival. We promise an opportunity to try your hand at creative, administrative, logistical, and a variety of other tasks,
We invite those who will participate in the Baltic Pride 2025 march “For Equality!” together with a group (more than 10 people) to fill out the group registration form! Individuals do not need to register. Organizations that want to form their own group (more than 10 people) and march with posters, slogans and paraphernalia must
Baltic Pride 2025, set to take place in Vilnius from June 2 to 8, promises to be a weeklong celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, diversity, and inclusion under the inspiring slogan “Free to Be (Yourself).” With a vibrant program of events, including Pride House, a film screening, the Pride Voices Gala, and an international conference, this
On April 1, 2001, just a few seconds after midnight, Mayor of Amsterdam was the first registrar in the world to marry a gay couple. That night four same-sex couples tied the knot, followed by another 382 who married in the same month. Currently sixteen European countries fully recognize same-sex marriages, while thirteen recognize a
Lithuania must issue a residence permit to a foreigner, who entered into the same-sex marriage with a citizen of Lithuania in another state, in this way partially recognizing marriages concluded by homosexual individuals abroad. This judgement was pronounced by the Constitutional Court of the Lithuanian Republic (Constitutional Court) on the January 11, 2019 Nevertheless, what
Apparently opinions were bound to polarize after LRT, the national broadcaster of Lithuania, published a social documentary portraying a parenthood journey of a married gay men couple from United Kingdom at its internet portal lrt.lt Although plenty of people praised such a rare instance of the diversity representation, several, likely right-wing affiliated activists appealed to
On 3rd October, 2019, the Ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, H.E. Mr. Karsten Klepsvik was awarded with a special symbol of gratitude for supporting the monumental Baltic Pride 2019 festival at the National LGBT Rights Organization LGL. During the warm meeting, representatives of the Embassy and LGL recalled the most impressive moments of the
Since 2013, Malta has dramatically transformed its image with regards to implementation of LGBTI rights. Civil Union and Cohabitation bills, as well as a law establishing basic rights for transgender and intersex people, have been passed. The latter was the first-ever law implemented by any country to protect the rights of intersex people. Malta was