he Lithuanian Parliament has approved for discussion an amendment to the Civil Code which, if passed, would impose a ban on sex change. The proposed change, which suggests that “medical change of sex is banned in Lithuania,” will now be discussed by parliamentary committees. The current wording of the Civil Code suggest that unmarried adults
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Last Tuesday, the Lithuanian parliament held hearings on two bills related to LGBT rights in the country. As many as 50 MPs (out of 141) supported an initiative by notoriously homophobic politician Petras Gražulis to introduce fines for promoting LGBT rights. Learning about that, Lithuanian showbiz celebrities came out with unprecedented support for the LGBT
On 21 May 2013 the Lithuanian Parliament accepted the amendment to the Code of Administrative Violations by introducing administrative liability for “public denigration of constitutional moral values and of constitutional fundamentals of the family life, as well as organization of public events contravening public morality” (proposed by MP Petras Gražulis) and the amendment to the Law on the Fundamentals of
ILGA-Europe, an LGBTI rights organization, has published its annual review of the situation of LGBTI rights in Europe, noting that while some countries are moving towards marriage equality, others have introduced discriminatory measures like criminalization of “homosexual propaganda”. In its Rainbow Map, ILGA-Europe assesses legal framework affecting LGBTI rights in areas like anti-discrimination policies, recognition