LGBT rights

Opinion: Waiting for the barbarians, or why fairytales get censored in Lithuania (I)

In her fairy tale book Amber Heart , Neringa Dangvydė addresses "the twilight zone": same-sex marriage, shifting identities, social exclusion taking place...

Lithuanian court drops charges against controversial anti-gay politician

Vilnius District Court on Monday dropped a case against controversial MP Petras Gražulis over resistance to police officers during an LGBT pride march in...

LBTQI Sapfo Fest: "To be out and proud is the long-term goal"

Almost 200 participants are gathering 60 kilometers from Vilnius for Sapfo Fest, Lithuania’s third annual grassroots LBTQI (lesbian, bisexual, transgender,...

Opinion: A dissident's Lithuania – then and now

I heard the Lithuanian term for "prisoner of conscience" for the first time as a student at a Lithuanian high school in then West Germany. Around the same...

Lithuanian parliament votes down sex change amendments

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday voted down a proposed package of amendments that would have legalized gender reassignment.