Lithuania passed the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information in 2010 which constitutionally established the protection of “family values” in order to penalize publications of materials deemed to be promoting homosexual behavior. This legislation may function as a barrier for SGM in Lithuania to identify themselves publicly. In addition, while the Lithuanian Civil Code has banned same-sex marriage since 1992, they are required by the Court of Justice of the European Union to grant residency status to the foreign spouses of same-sex couples wishing to reside within its borders.
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Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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Reports
Two Competing Normative Trajectories in the Context of the First Baltic Gay Pride Parade in Lithuania. (2015). ResearchGate. (PDF). https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2015-0002.
Brief on HIV Epidemic Situation among MSM in Baltic States. (n.d.). ResearchGate. (PDF). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30462.00326.
Media reporting and reference guide on LGBT issues. Including three case studies: Croatia, Greece, Lithuania. (n.d.). ResearchGate. (PDF). Retrieved October 5, 2020, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333756047_Media_reporting_and_reference_guide_on_LGBT_issues_Including_three_case_studies_Croatia_Greece_Lithuania.
Lithuanian Gay League. (2020) Annual Report for 2019. [PDF]. https://www.lgl.lt/en/files/LGL-Annual-Report-for-2019.pdf.
Lithuanian Gay League. (2018). “We Are People, Not Propaganda”: Situation of LGBTI People in Lithuania.” [PDF]. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/LTU/INT_CCPR_NGO_LTU_31394_E.pdf.
Lithuanian Gay League. (2020). Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. [PDF]. https://www.lgl.lt/assets/Lithuania_CSO_follow_up_report__National_LGBT_Rights_Organization_LGL1.pdf.
Danish Institute for Human Rights. (2009). The Social Situation Concerning Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in Lithuania. [PDF]. https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/382-fra-hdgso-part2-nr_lt.pdf.
Lithuania LGBTQ Organizations