Gay rights the European Unn: The long journey out of the closet for Lhuania’s gay muny | Internatnal | EL PAÍS English

Contents:

• GAY VILNI
• GAY VILNI · CY GUI
• GAY LIFE LHUANIA
• THE BEST VILNI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VILNI
• VILNI GAY
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VILNI
• THE LONG JOURNEY OUT OF THE CLOSET FOR LHUANIA’S GAY MUNY
• GAY VILNIUS

GAY VILNI

> Gay Lhuania Gay VilniLhuania's pal cy and a European Capal of Culture, Vilni is a UNESCO World Herage Se wh betiful archecture and pact gay scene. Tourists are drawn to the cy for s historic buildgs, tertg culture, upsle shoppg and most gay Rights LhuaniaLike many untri Eastern Europe, attus and laws regardg LGBT cizens are behd other stat Europe. Dpe an equal age of nsent (16), there is no regnn of partnerships for same-sex upl and public nsens is generally opposed to equal marriage Lhuania is sparsely populated, is rare to fd gay scen except for the ci of Vilni, Knas and Klaipėda.

GAY VILNI · CY GUI

Attus the ci tend to be more liberal parison to more provcial towns, however some discretn is advised when out SceneVilni has a most gay scene wh a dance club, sna, and fe for gay ctomers. There is no specific gay area, and some of the venu are on oppose ends of the cy Baltic Pri is the official Pri celebratn for the three Baltic Stat (Estonia, Latvia, Lhuania), and rotat between the three pals (Talln, Riga, Vilni).

Many lols e taxi apps which n be cheaper than g the regular to Stay VilniFor a list of remend hotels Vilni, please vis our Gay Vilni Hotels to See & DoGedimas' Tower - inic tower named after a Grand De of Lhuania. Sixteen years after Lhuania liberated self om Soviet shackl, the hardly-risque Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn (ILGA) announced they will hold their annual European nference Vilni.

GAY LIFE LHUANIA

In rponse to the news, an anti-homosexual monstratn was swiftly anised September an attempt to prevent such blasphemy. One participant, speakg out agast homosexuals, said, "Of urse, they will soon anise a march Vilni and therefore we need to ensure advance will not be possible. This opn is more mon than not the Baltic untri where homophobia remas firmly entrenched, ntrast to Wtern Europe where gays and lbians have bee visible, if not fully accepted, members of society.

THE BEST VILNI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VILNI

Here, homosexualy is still soundly nmned by every major social stutn om the ernment to the Church to the mass media. In fact, homophobic jok and allns are monplace Vilni' prs, where daily tabloid Vakaro Zs ('The Eveng News') routely refers to gays as 'chickenpricks.

Perhaps the most shockg factoid me om a 2003 poll which revealed that 68% of Lhuanians would prefer to live next door to a dg aler or nvicted crimal than a homosexual. Until 1993, was still illegal to be homosexual Lhuania, and the law was only then repealed bee of prsure om the Council of Europe, which Lhuania was tryg to jo.

" This wispread and stutnalised homophobia mak almost impossible for gay Lhuanians to reveal their sexual orientatn (no Lhuanian celebry or public figure has ever e out as openly gay). Young people are creasgly open to alternative liftyl and gay travellers needn't worry (for the most part) about beg pummeled on the streets.

VILNI GAY

Lol anisatns like the Lhuanian Lbian and Gay League (LLGL) have been quietly meetg and orchtratg sensisatn mpaigns, semars and bat for over a . That such an anisatn - workg towards the regnn and acceptance of gays LT - is forced to operate wh such extreme discretn speaks volum about the current stat of homosexuals the untry.

GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VILNI

Regardls of public reactn to this event, the ftival is a major step towards creatg solidary wh Vilni' gay and lbian muny, enuragg muny awarens and slowg wearg down Lhuania's evasn of homosexual issu. Wh Rabow Days as a primer for the nference, lol and European anisatns should have a better ia of how ready and willg Lhuania is to face the gay skeleton s closet, and how bt to support s 'g out.

For gay travellers to Vilni, the cy has snt offergs terms of gay-iendly nightlife, wh only one official gay club (perhaps the only all of Lhuanian), but 's a doozy.

A sprawlg unrground ee-for-all of forbidn pleasur, Men's Factory may do more for Vilni' gay e than any other lol anisatn.

THE LONG JOURNEY OUT OF THE CLOSET FOR LHUANIA’S GAY MUNY

Certaly unmatched as a meetg/mglg pot, Men's Factory has proven that there is an active, growg homosexual muny Vilni. Still, Men's Factory is tillatg, harmls fun Wednday through Saturday - and you don't have to be gay to go (but that's the centive).

GAY VILNIUS

If you know of other particularly gay-iendly plac Vilni, please let know; and feel ee to post your ments about gay Vilni on this page below.

For the most prehensive gui of gay events, anisatns and muny news English, as well as personals and chat rooms, vis. Of urse Warsaw is not so bad (there are even a few gay pubs and clubs), but I n`t see guys walkg streets and holdg hands. I gus one big example of how homophobic is is that the webs for SOHO and Men Factory are blocked by our hotel web service.

Poland is beg ls and ls homophobic wh a transsexual woman the parliament and a gay as a mayor of a cy of Słupsk wh nearly 100, 000 habants. Per he' Luania tanti problemi e poi giro per Italian tostrada nei percheggi troviamo mnisti Che si lasciano fare Di tutto da noi Gay e' gorse Che a Casa logo Hanno Lra poi quanto sono fluori l loro terrorial fanno tutto CIO Che non pls sono fare Luania a UDINE nel parchegg Della dogma a al sabato sera e Domi dove parchegg no si fa Di tutto e dipiu' basta dare loro barre e works poi ti fanno saltire sul Camn e li fai n Lui CIO Che tu voi allograft mi domanda se lomossuala' non e' accept tats Luania per he' quanto sono fluori l loro terror fanno tutto e si se to ntenti e liberati dal loro modo Di venre... Jt when you thk Amerins take the ke for beg homophobic then you go to Lhuania and fd out there are people more stupid and partner is Lhuanian and god for bid his fay or village fd out he is uld/would kill him and would be totally acceptable.