The EU “For Diversity. Against Discrimination.” truck is travelling around Europe to promote diversity, tolerance and raising awareness about EU legislation prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of gender, disability, age, religion/belief, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. While stopping in various destinations across Europe, it engages locals to learn more about EU anti-discrimination laws, co-operate with local

The Anti-Discrimination Truck touring Europe is not desirable in Kaunas, because the action will be joined by Lithuanian gays. Kaunas municipal authorities received an application to organise in the location near Akropolis shopping centre and St Cross (Carmelites) Church an event promoting tolerance. Upon the initiative of the European Commission, the truck decorated in the

A Delegation of the European Commission to Lithuania has asked for permission from the Vilnius City Municipality to organise an event that was banned last year—the appearance of the ‘tolerance truck’ at the Town Hall Square. Lithuanian gays are also getting ready for participation in the campaign. Contrary to last year, however, there is no

A homophobic country where gays and lesbians often have to hide their sexual orientation, cannot kiss in public or otherwise demonstrate their romantic feelings; and due to intolerance in society, they are often forced to emigrate—this is how Lithuania is described by leaders of the oldest gay and lesbian organization COC Netherlands. Currently, the organization

As reported by DEFLI.ee based on Eesti Ekspress information, a group of mayors joined the address, in which the support for the sexual minorities’ right to hold meetings and self-expression was expressed. As many as fifteen cities signed the address, including the mayors of Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Barcelona. J. Imbrasas said he had

Representatives of sexual minorities feel unsafe in Lithuania, because being a gay or lesbian in this country means living under continuous risk to your health and even life. This disturbing news reached the world yesterday when participants of the Annual Conference of the European Branch of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) held in

The opinion of Lithuanians on adultery, homosexuality, human cloning, forms of gambling, and the production of genetically modified organisms for foodstuffs is particularly negative. This emerged after “Baltijos tyrimai” carried out a survey involving more than a thousand people. The results of the survey show that the most unacceptable things to Lithuanians are adultery in

Show about gays banned By Rimantė Kulvinskytė, L.T. TV viewers will not be able to watch an LNK show Jeigu (What If?) on Tuesday, which deals with the issues of sexual minorities. The sponsors did not like the opinions expressed on this show, which the producers of Jeigu consider to be objective. According to its

NOT PRIVATE ENOUGH? According to the pronouncements of some Lithuanian politicians and public figures, LGBT people can express their identities and sexualities only in certain places and spaces and to certain people. They must lead strictly compartmentalized private and public lives. Homosexuality is acceptable only as long as it remains private. The media analysis and