LLH – The Norwegian LGBT Organisation, Amnesty International and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee have launched an initiative to bring prominent LGBT activists from Eastern Europe together at EuroPride 2014 in Oslo, Norway. Uniting against the homophobic backlash in Eastern Europe, prominent LGBT activist from six countries will meet and develop common strategies at Pride House
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LGL is happy to announce the publication of its 2012-2013 Annual Report. Those were very important years for our organization: a lot of events and initiatives were organized and implemented, giving LGL new visibility in the Lithuanian society and contributing to raising the awareness of Lithuanian citizens on issues related to LGBT rights. Two of
On May 30 the last event of the Rainbow Days 2014 took place in Klaipėda. The day started with a lecture on the multiple and complex relations between communities and social movements, conducted by human rights activists and LGL staff members Aliona Polujanova and Raminta Biziulevičiūtė. After the lecture, the movie Children of God was
May 2014 was an important month for Europe. The elections for the European Parliament, which took place from May 22 to May 25 in all the member States of the EU, revealed who will represent us in the next five years within the Union. A number of initiatives have been taken in order to raise
The Rainbow Days 2014, a three-week long festival organized by LGL (Lithuanian Gay League) in celebration of IDAHOT (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia), is coming to an end. These last few weeks have seen a number of cultural events happening in Vilnius and in other Lithuanian cities, all of them revolving around the topic
On May 23, LGL moved its rainbow flags to Kaunas. Two events were organized in the second biggest city in Lithuania for our Rainbow Days 2014. First, Margarita Jankauskaitė, expert from the Center for Equality Advancement, gave a lecture on social construction of gender. She focused on some of the historical contexts in which gender
On May 22 the last event of the Rainbow Days 2014 in Vilnius took place. LGL volunteers, friends and supporters gathered in our office for the screening of Roma Boys, a movie by Czech director Rozálie Kohoutová on the diffuculties faced by Roma homosexuals in Czech Republic. After the movie, participants debated on the topic of
On June 2, the Baltic Pride 2014 will begin in Tallinn and it will take the form of a week-long festival filled with a number of events, taking place not only in Tallinn, but also in Tartu. All the workshops, performances, discussions, reading groups, exhibitions and film screenings will gravitate around one main theme, STAND
On 21 May 2014 LGL launched the Baltic Pride 2013 photo-album. LGL team and supporters attended the event that took place at the Contemporary Art Centre. Baltic Pride 2013 was an extremely important moment for the Lithuanian LGBT* community. It gave us visibility as a community, it showed the support we enjoy from many non-LGBT
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
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