Lithuanian Pride 2026 will take place on June 2–6 in Vilnius, with the main event – the March “For Equality!” – scheduled for June 6. As the largest and most visible international LGBTQ+ event in Lithuania, it brings together thousands of people each year who believe in equality, respect, and human rights. The festival is
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A judgment that cites Strasbourg extensively, ignores Luxembourg entirely, and tells an EU Member State’s clinical institutions that their only accountability mechanism no longer works. On 24 March 2026, the Supreme Court of Lithuania handed a senior psychiatrist his job back. Aleksandras Alekseičikas, head of the Borderline Conditions Unit at the Vilnius City Mental Health
Partners of the EU-funded project “Connecting the Dots – Enhancing the Employability of NEETs from the LGBTI Communities in Bulgaria and Lithuania” gathered in Sofia on 17–18 March at the Rainbow Hub for a two-day mid-progress meeting. Marking the halfway point of this 24-month initiative, the workshop brought together all four partner organizations to reflect
On 15 March 2026, the Seimas sent back for revision a set of amendments to the Law on Equal Opportunities prepared by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour (SADM) – amendments that, among other things, would for the first time have explicitly added gender identity, gender expression, other sex characteristics and skin colour to
On 24 March 2026, a group of Lithuanian MPs – led by Ligita Girskienė, Vytautas Sinica and Audronius Ažubalis – registered a draft resolution proposing that a consultative referendum be held alongside the 2027 municipal elections, asking citizens whether they agree that Article 38 of the Constitution should explicitly state that “family legal relations arise
A new international survey targeting young people aged 16 to 18 has been launched as part of the CLICK project, an EU-funded initiative focused on improving the well-being of LGBTIQ children and combating violence in educational settings. The survey represents a key step in the project’s research phase, aiming to better understand the lived experiences of young
On March 27–29, 2026, representatives of the national LGBT rights organization LGL took part in the Nordic Pride Conference held in Oulu, Finland. The conference brought together representatives of Pride organizations from the Nordic and Baltic regions, who shared best practices, strengthened international cooperation, and discussed the rapidly evolving human rights situation of LGBTIQ+ people
On March 12–13, 2026, Eglė Kuktoraitė, a representative of the national LGBT rights organization LGL, participated in a partner meeting for the EU-funded project “CLICK” in Coimbra, Portugal. During the meeting, the progress of the project, planned activities, and next steps were discussed. Partners also shared experiences and discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between educational
March 11, 2026. Lithuania celebrates 36 years of freedom from a system that used state institutions to enforce ideological conformity. That same week, a group of MPs filed bills to embed a single ideological vision of family into every classroom in the country. Months earlier, in January, the Justice Vice-Minister was in Madrid defending the
On March 6, 2026, LGL formally notified Minister Vladislav Kondratovič of a systemic problem, where an F64.0 diagnosis leads to automatic rejection, despite a stable mental health record and a successful term of military service with the same diagnosis on record. Trans persons seeking work in regulated professions constinue facing systemic barriers. The letter argues
The two-year initiative successfully trained 300+ professionals across six countries, and releases comprehensive recommendations aligned with strategic EU and CoE policy measures. The ENACT (Enhancing the capacity of civil society organisations to support victims of anti-LGBTIQ hate crimes) project released comprehensive policy recommendations and validated training methodologies addressing a critical systemic failure: the majority of
LGL Executive Director Vladimir Simonko and Project Manager Monika Antanaitytė joined forces with partners European Pride Business Network and Forbidden Colours for a high-level advocacy missions in Brussels on February 2-4, 2026. The two missions brought together EU policymakers to demonstrate that defending LGBTIQ+ rights is an integral part of the EU’s role in a