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Gays Smoke-Bombed in Lithuania
As we have discussed before, the international anti-gay group Watchmen on the Walls has been wielding influence in Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia. They also enjoy the support of influential...
View ArticleLithuania Passes Non-Discrimination Bill
Well knock me down with a feather. Some good news out of the Baltic States. Pink News is reporting Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been included in a new Law on Equal Treatment...
View ArticleCouncil for Global Equality’s Top Ten List “Where The U.S. Should Do More”
Here is something that escaped our notice until now. The Council for Global Equality, in responding to the U.S. State Department’s annual human rights reports, has identified what it calls the “Top Ten...
View ArticleLithuania weakens anti-gay law
The Baltic state of Lithuania appears to be backing away a bit from previous anti-gay legislation. (Agence France-Presse) In a 58-4 vote, with 25 abstentions, parliament approved amendments to...
View ArticleLithuania Pride tomorrow
After the usual roadblocks and lawsuits, the Lithuanian high court has determined that gay people can assemble tomorrow. (It had been banned under the argument, “if I let you march, it will incite...
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Lithuanian Pride Marked By Protests
About 400 people participating in Lithuania’s first Pride observance in downtown Vilnius were met with more than 1,000 rock- and smokebomb-throwing protesters and were protected by 800 police. Nineteen...
View ArticleReport: Lithuania Parliament To Consider 5 Anti-LGBT Bills
The stain of Russian homophobia is seeping into its Baltic neighbor and former possession, Lithuania, whose Parliament, according to Pink News, is set to take up five separate anti-LGBT bills later...
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NBC News Brings Scott Lively to Mainstream America
We’ve been following Scott Lively for six years now, through his activities in Novosibirsk, Riga, and Kampala. When Russia passed a so-called “anti-propaganda” law which effectively prohibits all...
View ArticleLithuania Blocks Vote on Anti-Gay Law
Buzzfeed reports that the Lithuanian Parliament blocked a proposed anti-gay “propaganda” law that would have imposed fines for “contempt” of “moral values.” Though a plurality of MPs voted to bring the...
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