The first European conference on Multiple Discrimination was held in Elsinore, Denmark on 6-7 December 2007. The conference brought together over 100 participants representing Ministry officials, representatives of the National Equality Bodies, Social Partners, NGOs and experts working in the field of anti-discrimination. All participants took active part in the plenary discussions and roundtable sessions.

Legal analysis and evaluation of Vilnius City Municipality Administration’s refusal to issue the Lithuanian Gay League permission to hold the We Are for All Colours of the Rainbow public event Background On October 4 of this year, public organisation Lithuanian Gay League submitted a notification to Vilnius City Municipality regarding organisation of the We Are

The International Lesbian and Gay Association held its 11th annual European conference in Vilnius Oct 24-28 despite a hostile reception that included negative statements by city officials, a ban on its flag raising event, and anti-gay demonstration and a smoke bomb attack. More than 250 delegates from 38 European countries came to the event to

We, the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL), an established LGBT-organization in Lithuania, are writing to inform you about an alarming development in Lithuanian politics. We are asking for your attention and for your support. A few months ago a group of MPs introduced a bill which proposes to amend the existing Law on the Protection of

NORMS AT WORK: challenging homophobia and heteronormativity This book is one of two books produced by a collaborative project involving both researches and activists. The book Open Up Your Workplace presents tools that can be used by those who want to work against discrimination in the workplace. Norms at Work is a research report that

Mr Speaker, Members of Seimas, distinguished members of the Lithuanian Gay League, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to this important press conference. I am very honoured and very moved. I have been asked to speak about the Swedish experience regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights. But as this press

OPEN UP YOUR WORKPLACE: challenging homophobia and heteronormativity “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”. Those are the first words in the first article of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Even though it was adopted in 1948, there are still significantly large groups of people who have

West Midlands MEP Michael Cashman has said that the decision of the mayor of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius to ban the visit of a bus promoting the EU’s “For Diversity; against discrimination” campaign should give Brussels bureaucrats some insight into LGBT experiences. The diversity roadshow has been touring Europe. It is visiting 21 countries and

Rainbow Days 2007, an event planned by homosexuals for this week in Vilnius, will not take place. The truck of the anti-discrimination campaign, which is touring Europe, will bypass the capital of Lithuania and a huge rainbow flag will not be displayed here either. Amid fears of potential unrest the government of the capital refused

An increased propagation of homosexual relations and the specific way of life of persons of such orientation was discussed at the meeting. In its documents, the Church has underlined time and again that those who are sexually attracted to people of the same sex should be respected and the Church has spoken out against their

Trolleybus No. 12, which had to advertise the rights of gays and lesbians in Vilnius, will not be in service today. Last night it was reported that it “had broken down”. In a similar way, the desire of gay people to see public transportation plastered with rainbow colours did not materialize last week in Kaunas

The social advertisement promoting respect for homosexual rights placed on Kaunas trolleybus No. 1 aroused passion yesterday. The Lithuanian Gay League, which had ordered this advertisement, was informed that drivers refused to drive the trolleybus with such posters and the management of the trolleybus fleet required guarantees that they would be paid compensation for smashed windows.