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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. 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.

GAY VILNI · CY GUI

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.

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. Here, homosexualy is still soundly nmned by every major social stutn om the ernment to the Church to the mass media.

GAY LIFE LHUANIA

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).

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Young people are creasgly open to alternative liftyl and gay travellers needn't worry (for the most part) about beg pummeled on the streets. 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.

VILNI GAY

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.

Certaly unmatched as a meetg/mglg pot, Men's Factory has proven that there is an active, growg homosexual muny Vilni.

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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).

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.

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

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.

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GAY VILNIUS

A lot of young handsome people, mostly gay and bisexual boys and mens, addn som lbian girls an dwimens, and some one who has not sid yet, or are cure for what they want. In Warsaw we elected the first openly gay member of the Cy Council this year:) It's a shame to have such neighbour as Lhuania:(. Please be assured, that gay people, along wh their straight iends, will never stop fightg for equaly and for the realisatn that is not a bad thg to love someone of the same sex.