ADDED ON: 06/03/2023
Latvia, a former Soviet republic, has selected an out gay man as president. Edgars Rinkēvičs will be the first LGBTQ+ leader of a Baltic nation. The Latvian Parliament selected Rinkēvičs to serve…
ADDED ON: 06/01/2023
HELSINKI — Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote. The 100-seat Saeima legislature elected…
ADDED ON: 06/08/2022
Surrounded by thousands of people wearing rainbow flags, glitter and sparkly outfits, Eddie Balčiūnaitė prepared to take part in one of the biggest marches the Baltic countries have ever seen. The 21-year-old…
ADDED ON: 12/29/2020
For modern liberals, they are an important step in normalizing different kinds of families. But for others, children’s books depicting gay parents are an attack on traditional values. That’s the debate now…
ADDED ON: 11/20/2020
Constitutional Court had received an appeal from a mother whose female partner was unable to receive the ten-day leave which, according to Labor Act, is to be granted to the child's father.…
ADDED ON: 01/14/2019
Lithuania’s top court has ruled that foreign spouses of gay citizens must be granted residence permits. The Constitutional Court ruled that denying residency permits to the spouses of gay Lithuanian citizens who…
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