On 3 June 2024, the Pride month was festively opened in the garden of the British Embassy in Vilnius. During the reception Lithuanian Pride festival partners and friends were presented with awards for standing strong as an ally in the journey towards equality. Many stars of the music world dressed up colorfully for the occasion
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On 4 April 2024, the premiere of the film Femme took place in the Apollo cinema in cooperation with Lithuanian Pride and charming sharp-tongued drag queens Luka Mokka and Edma. The film was presented in cooperation with LT Pride by the distributor “Garsų pasaulio įrašai” and the Apollo cinema center. Guests of the premiere did
On 15 March 2024 the National LGBT organization LGL organized the final conference of the Counter Hate project “Fight Hate: A Victim-Oriented and Intersectoral Approach in the Fight Against Hate Crimes”, held at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. During the event, the perspective of the needs of victims of hate crimes
On 12 March 2024 LT Pride festival, organized by the National LGBT rights organization LGL, was presented to the representatives of Nordic diplomatic representations to Lithuania. During the meeting the festival’s program and activities were discussed. The meeting was hosted by the Embassy of Norway to Lithuania. The Nordic countries will be represented in a
On 22 February 2024 the Embassy of Canada in Vilnius and the National LGBT rights organization LGL commemorated Black History Month with a visit of Professor Suzette Mayr, author of the award-winning novel The Sleeping Car Porter, the story of a Canadian man in the 1920s who confronts life’s challenges being black and gay. Professor
Along with the first day of winter, LGL celebrated its 30th anniversary and invited to celebrate it together at the SOHO club. Friday night was hot not only because of DJ Ptychka, who came to the DJ booth especially on the occasion of LGL birthday, but also a special guest from sunny Brazil – Favela
On 30 October 2023 Lithuanian Gay League together with the Seimas Ombudspersons’ Office organised an inter-institutional roundtable discussion on the implementation of the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy and the needs for a national LGBTIQ Human Rights Plan, which was attended by more than 20 representatives from ministries, the Office of the Ombudsman for Equality of
On 7 November 2023 the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized an international conference for the project “Nothing About Us Without Us: Empowering LGBT youth in the fight against bullying”. During the international conference, data from a survey of Lithuanian students and a research report was presented. The experience of the partner organizations implementing the
On 25-28 October 2023 Vladimir Simonko, Executive Director of the National LGBT rights organisation LGL, participated in the ILGA-Europe Annual Conference under the theme of “Rising to the moment”. It was organised in close cooperation with the local host organisations: Legebitra, Ljubljana Pride, ŠKUC, and TransAkcija. There were 450+ activists and allies in attendance in
On 27 October 2023 Eglė Kuktoraitė, Communications Manager at the National LGBT rights organization LGL, participated in the 1st International Conference on LGBTIQ Children and Adolescents “The Importance of Listening” for the project Colourful Childhoods, organised in Madrid. Specialists working with LGBTIQ children came together to discuss possibilities to improve the situation of LGBTIQ children
On 19-23 October, 2023 Violeta Tamelytė, volunteer of the National LGBT rights organization LGL, participated in the annual conference organized by the international LGBTI youth and student organization “IGLYO” in Podgorica (Montenegro). During the annual “IGLYO” conference, members of the organization had an opportunity to discuss the future goals for “IGLYO”, admit new members, participate
A protest, aiming to support the proposal of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania to repeal the provision of the Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information as well as to highlight the need for inclusive education, was scheduled by the National LGBT rights organization LGL