8 May 2010, ILGA-Europe took part in Baltic Pride 2010. The city authorities tried to ban the pride march, but the day before the Lithuanian court decided to upheld the permission. The march was a success, the police were acting very professional and kept the many counter demonstrators away.

In this section, we have gathered a number of links to various sources with videos, articles and images from the Baltic Pride - March for Equality, as well as coverage of various protests prior and during the March for Equality.

Representatives of lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) organisations from various EU member states, who currently meet in Vilnius for ILGA-Europe’s EU Network, wholeheartedly welcome the decision of the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court to uphold the permission by the Vilnius Mayor for the Baltic Pride March for Equality to go ahead tomorrow as originally planned.

6 May 2010, Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg published a statement in support for the Baltic Pride 2010.

Viviane Reding, EU Commisioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, addressed the participants of the international conference in prior of the Baltic Pride 2010 in a video message.

Watch the video here.

Baltic Pride, the 8th May pride event organised by the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community and supported by international actors, saw its permit temporarily suspended yesterday following complaints to the Public Prosecutor’s office.

Joint media release by ILGA-Europe, the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights and Amnesty International

On 29th April 2010, the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT rights convened a public hearing where Communications Manager, Juris Lavrikovs, was invited to be a part of the panel.