Thousands of LGBTIQ community members and its allies marched in a successful Vilnius Pride event which took place on the 1st of July. Newly elected Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas also joined the Pride march this year. According to the organizers of the event, “LGBTQ+ people in Lithuania are still being used as political tools –
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On 29 of June 2023, Vladimir Simonko, Executive Director of the National LGBT rights organization LGL, participated in a discussion on LGBTIQ rights ahead of the 2024 elections, organized at the European Parliament in Brussels. What has the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy changed in practice? What issues were advanced, and which still need to be addressed?
On 22 June 2023 Vladimir Simonko, Executive Director at the National LGBT rights organization LGL, participated at Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination joint hearing with the Parliamentary Platform for the rights of LGBTI people in Europe in Strasbourg, France. The Executive Director of LGL gave a presentation on attempts to
On 8-10 June 2023 representatives of the National LGBT rights organization LGL participated in the Baltic Pride 2023 festival in Tallinn, Estonia. Representatives of LGL took part in the Rainbow Heroes gala, the international conference “A diverse environment, a safer Estonia!” and, of course, the Baltic Pride March. On 9 June LGL Executive Director Vladimir
On 8-12 May 2023 representatives of the National LGBT rights organization LGL visited Reykjavik (Iceland), where they had a chance to participate in meetings with representatives of the “Samtökin ’78” and attend the international IDAHOT forum. On 9 May LGL representatives attended Samtokin78’s 45th birthday party, where they had the opportunity to meet Iceland’s Minister
On 17-24 April 2023 Eglė Kuktoraitė, Communications Manager at the National LGBT rights organization LGL, and Violeta and Lina, volunteers of the LGL emotional support platform for LGBT students, parents and teachers, participated in a practical learning mobility program in Reykjavík (Iceland). LGL representatives were interested in the good practices applied in Iceland in the
In April 2023 the National LGBT rights organization LGL conducted training for professionals working with children. Child rights specialists from Vilnius and Kaunas and teachers from Radviliškis participated in the training. During the training, the challenges faced by LGBT students, the situation of LGBT students in Lithuania, the legal framework, and ways to prevent bullying
On 12 April 2023 Eglė Kuktoraitė, Communication Manager at the National LGBT rights organization LGL, participated at a high level Conference on LGBTIQ Equality in the European Union, hosted in Sweden by the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in cooperation with the European Commission. LGL representative had an opportunity to meet
For the first time in Lithuania’s history, three same-sex couples are going to court to defend their right to start a family and register their marriage in Lithuania. According to the Association of Tolerant Youth, which initiated these strategic cases, they aim to resolve the main obstacles in recognizing and regulating these couples’ relationships. “When
On 29 March 2023 the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized the first-ever in-person conference in Lithuania specially designated to the topic of LGBTI inclusion in the workplace, “Direction: Employment. Strengthening LGBTQ Workplace Inclusion”. The event explored topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), its recent trends, challenges, and good practices, as well as the
On 7-8 February 2023 Vladimir Simonko, Executive Director at the National LGBT rights organization LGL and Eglė Kuktoraitė, Communication Manager, participated in the interim partner meeting and training for trainers of the project “Colourful Childhoods”, which took place Palermo (Italy). „Colourful Childhoods“ focuses on violence against LGBTIQ children in vulnerable contexts. Colourful Childhoods aims at preventing
On 9 December, 2022 the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized a discussion “The first EU LGBTIQ equality strategy 2020-2025: will LGBTIQ-inclusive policy become integral to Lithuanian strategic targets?” at the National Human Rights Forum. The first EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 calls on the EU Member States to draw up national action plans for