National LGBT Rights Organization LGL, the organizer of the LGBT community festival Lithuanian Pride, presents the main stars of the concert. RuPaul’s Drag Race performers from Montreal to Amsterdam join forces for the Lithuanian Pride concert in Vingis Park. On 8 June drag divas Cheddar Gorgeous (United Kingdom), LaDiva Live (Belgium-France), Rita Baga (Canada) will
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Hey Eurovision fans! Let’s rally behind Silvester Belt and his incredible song “Luktelk”! This track deserves to be in the finals, and Silvester’s talent deserves to shine on the Eurovision stage. Catch him performing live 03 in the first Semi-Final on May 7th! Show your support and VOTE for Silvester Belt! Silvester Belt will be performing at the Lithuanian Pride concert on 8 June
Lithuanian Pride is not only a protest for equality for LGBTIQ+ people, but also a celebration of community culture. “The public is increasingly looking more favourably on the visibility of the LGBTIQ+ community, and greater public support also empowers members of the LGBTIQ+ community to participate and be themselves”, says Eglė Kuktoraitė, Communication Manager at
Vilnius, 12 April 2024 Hate crime is a matter of concern across Europe and poses major challenges at social, political and legal levels. Violent behaviour motivated by prejudice based on the victim’s disability, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sexual apathy or gender expression poses a serious threat to democratic values in European
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
The Seimas Ombudsperson Erika Leonaitė found that the police officers’ inadequate response to the actions of hostile provocateurs during a peaceful assembly organised by the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) did not guarantee the right of the participants of the assembly to peaceful assembly. The Seimas Ombudsman recommended that the Commissioner General of Police should take
National LGBT rights organisation LGL, organiser of the Baltic Pride and LT Pride festivals in Vilnius, has submitted a letter of intent to the Board of the European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA), expressing its intent to submit an application to EPOA for the opportunity to organise EuroPride in Vilnius in 2027. Vilnius will compete with
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
Baltic Surveys, a UK-Lithuanian market and public opinion research company, has conducted a survey initiated by the LSMC Institute of Sociology’s Department of Ethnic Studies and the NGO “Diversity Development Group” to find out the attitudes of the public towards ethnic, religious, migrant, and other social groups in Lithuania in 2023. A representative survey of
The Prosecutor’s Office has decided to discontinue the pre-trial investigation into the disruption of a protest, organized by the National LGBT rights organization LGL, which took place last year near the Lithuanian Parliament. “The fact that the responsible authorities did not find any signs of a criminal offence during the pre-trial investigation was quite unexpected,”
On 28 February 2024 representatives of the National LGBT rights organisation LGL met with Dr. Angelika Schlunck, State Secretary of the German Ministry of Justice, to discuss LGBT rights issues and to present LGL’s guidelines for improving the situation in Lithuania. The National LGBTIQ Equality Plan publication was presented to highlight the need to organize