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Source: UK Gay News RIGA, January 15, 2008 – An assistant to one of the members of the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) was found guilty today in a criminal case of “hooliganism” during the Riga Gay Pride in 2006 when participants had excrement thrown at them. Janis Dzelme, a 32-years old married man with...

Source: UK Gay News RIGA -- Watchmen on the Walls is not a hate group, Scott Lively declared during the group’s conference which opened yesterday in the Latvian capital. The anti-gay American author of the notorious The Pink Swastika was introduced to delegates as “the prominent human rights activist...

Source: PinkNews 11th annual ILGA-Europe conference came to a close Sunday. It was held in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and attended by almost 200 delegates from all over Europe. The conference provided an opportunity to discuss the organisational priorities, strategies and tactics on advancing...

It strikes us as strange that events way off in those little Baltic states of Europe can take on local significance, but with a homophobic preacher like Ken Hutcherson in our back yard, what happens there does indeed affect those of us here who care in some way about LGBTQ rights. We saw that last week...

Source: BBC News An annual gay rights conference in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, was attacked with smoke bombs, after a rally in the city was banned. Over 200 gays, lesbians and transsexuals attended the meeting. Delegates inside a local bar found it difficult to breathe after the smoke bombs were...