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The LGBTQ + protesters, adorned with rainbow-colored flags, began to gather in Cathedral Square around noon. Most of the young people gathered in the procession, but the campaign also attracted the attention of older people.
According to the police, around 500 protesters attended the event.
PHOTO GALLERY. LGBTQ + marches take place in Vilnius
“Legalize my name, legalize my love,” the crowd chanted loudly in support of the drums.
The young man, who spoke through the speaker and then introduced himself on behalf of Frico, said the purpose of the march was to draw attention to the violated rights of transgender people in Lithuania and the harmful provisions of the Law on Protection of Minors. of Negative Information.
Carrying signs with the inscriptions “30 years without rights and respect”, “We are not and will not allow ourselves to be ridiculed by someone” and others, people marched on Gediminas Avenue around 13 o’clock in Seimas Idiomas
Said campaign organizer stated that campaign participants have three requirements.
“One is that trans people can easily change their gender, first and last name, especially when it comes to identity documents. We also require that people be able to marry, partner, and adopt children, regardless of their partner’s gender. And we demand the repeal of the provisions of the Law on Protection of Minors, which encourage the censorship of LGBTQ + content, “the guy told BNS.
According to him, these demands are not just a whim of the community and are not expected to solve all the problems.
“But these are the most basic rights that are currently not guaranteed for LGBTQ + people, and that is why we have chosen them as our primary requirements,” he said.
Fricas argued that the march was not organized by any organization but by independent people who care about the problems of the LGBTQ + community.
“I think that especially among young people, we see this as a spontaneous event. But dissatisfaction with the shortcomings of guaranteeing one or the other right: they mature all the time, because LGBTQ + people live in Lithuania year-round. Yes, we see them once a year or once every three years on the street. But really, those things are thought about all the time, “said the guy.
Šarūnė Padegimaitė, a member of the Lithuanian Youth Tolerant Organization, who also participated in the event, was pleased that Lithuania finally has its own march, in which issues relevant to our country arise.
“We are going with a message to Lithuania and the goals are set according to our situation,” said the girl.
He hopes that there will be more similar actions in the future and that the public will see problems not through silence but through action and change.
Between the participants and the politicians.
Many members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, including MP Algirdas Sysas, also participated in the march.
“We know what we stand for, those problems are not imported, they are ours and finally we dare to fight for our beliefs and we see that those generations that we think they do not support are indifferent, they also support and go together,” BNS said Vaida Baranovė, a candidate for the Seimas with the LSDP list.
“As the situation is as it is, we will march as long as necessary and fight for rights here, in Seimas and where requested,” he said.
People gathered throughout the march were accompanied by police forces, and police cars drove in front of the march.
Criticism: this is sexual harassment
People gathered at the Cathedral were also greeted by a group of critics from March.
Just under 20 people held signs at the entrance to the Cathedral with the inscriptions “Stop fooling yourself of being idle,” “Let’s not cut the families off,” and “Take your hands off the president.”
Some of the protesters before the march wore the T-shirts of the Christian Union of Lithuania, including the leaders of this political force, members of Seimas Egidijus Vareikis and Rimantas Dagys.
Vareikis told BNS that he was unaware of the rights of sexual minorities who were being raped and said the march was “cultural harassment”.
“Are human rights really being violated in Lithuania? Nobody violates anything, it is human rights, but there is decency, games, culture and everything else. Human rights are human rights, and sexual harassment is sexual harassment,” he said. .
“The majority are responsible for the rules, but a minority must respect them. And these minorities are respected, but they are small minorities and most of them think that this is cultural patience,” said the MP.
He also argued that involving minors in such events was “criminal activity.”
Along with E. Vareikis, R. Dagis and other older people, several young people also protested against the march, holding a sign with the inscription “Not for the culture of death!”.
The guy, unwilling to say his name and age, said he did not belong to any organization and claimed to be protesting against LGBT political activities.
“We are protesting against LGBT as an organization because it is a political organization that pursues its goals by engaging politicians and brutally interfering with its ideology,” he said.
The march for sexual minority rights is organized by the LGBTQ + community (Lebanese, gay, bisexual, transgender), but neither their names nor the names of the organization have been published.
Organizers of Vilnius Pride 2020 announced an online solidarity march to draw attention to the issues “facing our community and show solidarity with other movements for social justice.”
There are said to be protests against laws that discriminate against LGBTQ + people and the lack of legal protections, as well as to promote solidarity among the local LGBTQ + community and solidarity with other movements fighting for social justice and equality.
The invitation to the event states that it will discuss “how different oppressions interact.”
The permit issued for the march establishes that no more than a thousand people can participate. persons.
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