Less than two months after LGL formally urged Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovič to end the automatic disqualification of trans persons from police service, the Ministry has circulated a draft order amending the Health Status Requirements Code (Sveikatos būklės reikalavimų sąvadas), the legal act governing fitness assessments for statutory service. The draft, dated 29
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Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) brought together more than 20 LGBTIQ+ community members, activists, and allies for a Foresight Workshop, a participatory day of imagining what Lithuania could look like in 2040 if queer people were not just surviving, but staying, creating, and thriving. The workshop was the Lithuanian chapter of QuCeer Future, an EU-funded project (CERV
A Lithuanian Court of Appeal has acquitted MEP Petras Gražulis of inciting contempt against LGBTI people, overturning his October 2025 conviction and wiping out a 10,000-euro fine. The case stemmed from 26 May 2022, when Gražulis confronted LGBTI activists outside the Seimas after a vote backing a civil-union bill, calling them “degenerates” and using other
The international LGBTQ+ festival Lithuanian Pride returns to Vilnius from June 2–6, 2026, bringing a week of events focused on visibility, rights, and equality. Organized by the National LGBT rights organization LGL, the festival will culminate on June 6 with its main event — the “March for Equality!” parade. This year, participants aim to deliver
The National LGBT rights organisation LGL invites you to attend the international Lithuanian Pride conference “Rainbow Families: Towards Legal, Social and Institutional Equality”, which will take place on 5 June 2026 from 09:30 to 15:00 at the Vilnius City Municipality Conference Hall. The International Lithuanian Pride conference will bring together experts, policymakers, researchers and community
From June 2–6, 2026, one of the most prominent human rights events in Lithuania – Lithuanian Pride 2026 – will take place again in Vilnius. This largest and most visible festival for the LGBT community and its allies brings together tens of thousands of people each year who strive for equality and respect for human
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
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