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Same sex activity, which was illegal in the Soviet Union, was legalized in Lithuania in 1993. The age of consent was equalized in 2004 (at 14 years of age). According to the Law on Equal Treatment 2005, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is banned in the areas of employment, education and access to goods and services. Homosexuals are not banned from serving in the military. There is only a small gay scene in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. Elsewhere in Lithuania, however, the sparse population means there is no gay scene. A European Union member poll showed Lithuania at 17% support for gay marriage. Most people in Lithuania strongly disapprove of homosexual relationships.

Name: Lithuania

Population: 3698500

Capital: Vilnius - Pop. 555613

Area: 65200 sq. km/ sq. miles

Language: Lithuanian

Religion: Roman Catholic

Status of Homosexuality: Legal

Telephone Country Code: 370

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Lithuania could legalise same-sex unions next year, says country’s only out lawmaker, 2020/Dec/21

Senate Confirms Openly Gay Ambassador To Lithuania, 2019/Dec/23

Baltic Pride attracts record number of people in Vilnius – photos updated, 2019/Jun/10

Lithuania’s LGBTI community refuse to hide away any more, 2019/Jun/07

Lithuania’s top court grants residence permits for same-sex foreign spouses, 2019/Jan/12

Lithuania bans music video because it includes same-sex couples kissing, 2018/Nov/06

Arsonists target Lithuania’s only LGBT rights group in ‘vicious homophobic attack’, 2018/Aug/10

Baltic Pride: ‘Love & Peace Always Wins’, 2017/Jun/09

Lithuania Opens Door to Gay Chechens Fleeing Persecution, While U.S. Slams It Shut, 2017/May/18

Lithuanian army refuses gays – by asking recruits if they like flowers, 2015/Jun/17

Lithuania ‘gay propaganda’ bill fails to get the votes, 2014/Mar/13

Lithuania: Parliament to consider five separate anti-gay and anti-trans bills, 2013/Sep/11

Protesters Try to Disrupt Lithuania Gay Pride, 2013/Jul/27

Lithuanian court rules Pride can go ahead, 2013/Jul/05

Tolerance survey: Lithuanians grow more homophobic and resent Roma, but accept Russian-speakers, 2013/Jan/17

Restrictions to LGBT Rights on Parliament’s Agenda, 2012/Mar/20

Statement on LGBT rights read in Lithuania’s UPR session, 2012/Mar/16

Lithuanian Fined for Anti-gay Comment on Facebook, 2012/Feb/15

Lithuanian who called for ‘another Hitler’ to tackle gays fined, 2012/Feb/01

Why is Lithuania set to punish the ‘public promotion of homosexual relations’?, 2012/Feb/01

Poll claims only 4% of Lithuanians support same-sex civil unions, 2011/Dec/28

Gay Lithuania News and Reports 2011, 2011/Mar/16

Police, Protesters Clash at First-ever Lithuanian Gay March, 2010/May/08

Gay Lithuania News and Reports 2009-10, 2009/Jun/19

Gay Lithuania News and Reports 1999-2008, 2009/Jan/01