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CIVICUS publishes interview with Vladimir Simonko

Vladimir Simonko, co-founder and chair of the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) speaks to CIVICUS about the challenges the LGBT community faces in one of the most homophobic countries in Europe.

In the 21-year history of Lithuania’s independence, we can say that the current parliament is the worst one on LGBT issues because it has proposed several homophobic initiatives. These include an amendment to the administrative code on the protection of constitutional moral values which would criminalise a wide variety of activities such as campaigning on and providing information on LGBT rights, an amendment to the constitution stating that the family is created by a free marriage agreement between a man and a woman, and a proposed ban on gender reassignment.


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