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• THE BEST VILNI GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VILNI
• GAY VILNI
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS VILNI
• THE BEST VILNI COUNTY GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS VILNI COUNTY
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• VILNI GAY BARS & CLUBS
• VILNI GAY MAP
• VILNI GAY SNAS

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And not Vilni, which has currently hosted more anti-gay monstratns than tolerant on. 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.

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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.

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Dpe Lhuania's entry to the EU, gay visors to Vilni should not expect the same social acceptance as most EU natns. Here, homosexualy is still soundly nmned by every major social stutn om the ernment to the Church to the mass media.

The answer, as the article would overtly expla, was gays and Jewish people. 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. ' Homosexualy was a crime (much more dangero than dg-alg apparently) and punished as such. Until 1993, was still illegal to be homosexual Lhuania, and the law was only then repealed bee of prsure om the Council of Europe, which Lhuania was tryg to jo.

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" 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).

As a rult, Vilni' gay and lbian muny is rather small, wh few people brave enough to speak about their orientatn. 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.

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In May 2007, Vilni will utly host s first-ever gay pri event, Rabow Days. 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.

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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. 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.

We enurage different viewpots and want to hear your thoughts about the gay e Vilni. For the most prehensive gui of gay events, anisatns and muny news English, as well as personals and chat rooms, vis. Vis to jo the effort agast homophobia and employment discrimatn Lhuania.

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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.

And what is worse young people are even worse than old on, Many of them are xenophobic, homophobic and racist. 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.

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I would like vis many European untri like Poland, Germany, Lhuania, Hungary but I don´t know gay plac there. Yeah, I too would prefer to live next to a dg aler than a homosexual, but that's not bee I hate gays, haha;).

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.