Partnership law proposal faces opposition

Two hens or two roosters cannot lay an egg. This idea was voiced on Wednesday (30/11/2011) at the Committee on Legal Affairs (CLA) of Seimas, where the draft Law on Partnership, drawn up by Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė, was discussed. The CLA decided that the proposal of the Member of Parliament, according to which partnerships could

Open lesbians and gays are welcome in Lithuanian army?

Can a young man serve in the Army, making no secret he is a homosexual? Such question is raised by country’s LGBT community after receiving a conclusion from the Ombudsman of Equal opportunities. Though Ministry of National Defense (MoND) claims that common principles of non-discrimination are enough and says never heard of possible discrimination based

The Minister of Justice to protect interests of heterosexual cohabitees only

The Minister of Justice came up with suggestion to adopt discriminatory legal partnership model in Lithuania, which would allow to protect interests of heterosexual couples only. Draft law suggests property regime for unmarried partners very similar to the one of married couples. All property, gained while living together, would be common and would belong to each partner

LBT women send greetings to the Lithuanian MPs

In the framework of LGL’s on-going project Empowering LBT Women a group of volunteers took up an action of sending postcards to the members of the Lithuanian Parliament. The postcards depicting representatives of LBT community have been produced within the project’s promotional campaign under the motto “Pradėkime kalbėti” (Let’s speak) which encourages to start a dialogue

Lithuania questioned about LGBT human rights during UPR session

On 11th October, during the 12th session of the Universal Periodic Review working group, Lithuanian State was questioned by the Members States of the Human Rights Council about the actions that have been undertaken to improve the human rights situation in the country and to fulfill the human rights obligations. Lithuanian Gay League in collaboration

PACE calls upon Lithuania to reject the proposal of gender reassignment ban

On 5th of October a Written Declaration on access to gender reassignment treatment in Lithuania was tabled in the current session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The document refers to the proposal of the amendment to the Civil Code prohibiting gender reassignment surgery. The legislative initiative is included in the

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LGL participates in ANSO conference

From 1st till 8th of October 2011 there was an ANSO Annual Conference held in Stockholm. The conference Loud and Visible: Queering Up the Media was hosted by SFQ – the Swedish Federation of LGBTQ Student Organizations. Three representatives of Lithuanian Gay League participated in the event. Young LGBTQ activists from the Nordic countries, Poland

In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. Gender dysphoria is currently classified as a ‘mental and behavioural disorder’ in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases. The text adopted yesterday “calls on the Commission and the World Health Organization to

The Seimas fears that following adoption of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners Lithuania will be open to married Muslims with four wives and gay couples. The presentation of the draft of this law was therefore suspended on Tuesday and the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Seimas was assigned to assess the

Harsh LGBT rights restrictions to be considered by Lithuanian lawmakers

On 15 September 2011 the Lithuanian Parliament adopted its autumn agenda, preparing to debate on two legislative amendments openly violating the LGBT rights as well as the international commitments to uphold freedom of expression and to fight discrimination. The first amendment submitted by Petras Gražulis and accepted by the parliamentarians for consideration is a new

Letter of Support: Belgrade Pride 2011

Lithuanian Gay League – the national NGO advocating for the Rights of LGBT community in Lithuania against discrimination, homophobia and transphobia – wholeheartedly supports the holding of Belgrade Pride 2011. As an association committed to protection of Human Rights, and especially LGBT Rights, we feel deeply concerned about the risks that the Pride organizers are

Governments urged to raise questions for Lithuania about LGBT rights improvement

Lithuania is part of the 12th session of the Universal Periodic Review which will occur from 3rdto 14th October, 2011. The aim of this review (according to Article 5 of the Resolution of General Assembly of the UN N°60/251) is to share the situation and the efforts of each country about human rights improvement. As