There have always been different types of families. Baltic Pride wants to shed some light on LGBT families. Come and find out what is the current situation in Latvia, the obstacles that they face and what is their formula of happiness. Everyone will have their chance to ask questions to LGBT family, community, that are...
Baltic Pride together with BALTIC QUEENS encourages to prepare for the colorful pride week and to participate in a unique Drag make-up workshop! Queens from BALTIC QUEENS show will share their experience and will provide useful tips, so each one of us is able to transform themselves into a true Pride Queen! :) On Facebook:...
100 years of Latvia and 100 years of LGBT. Historian Ineta Lipša will share her discoveries of LGBT history in Latvia. You will have a chance to go one journey through stories and articles regarding LGBT community and its transformation in different eras. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/226709511428135/
Feminism. What is this feminism that keeps popping up in Latvia and that some are so afraid of? Some declare that they are not feminist even if no one asks them, others declare that they are, and some are being outed by others that this one right here, as we all know, is openly feminist?...
Improvisation theatre is a form of acting where the story is created right there on the spot. Together we will try to forget about everyday troubles and live in the moment, trough different improvisation games and exercises we will become careless and learn how to laugh about ourselves and realize that "making a mistake" sometimes...
There are major gaps in HIV prevention and treatments programmes targeting LGBTI people across Europe, and in particular, within Baltic States. There seems to be a growing interest of LGBTI activists and organizations to re-prioritize the fight against HIV. They have a key role to play in addressing the internal HIV stigma within the community...
A workshop dedicated to the smaller and less noticed fraction of LGBT community - transpersons. What exactly does it mean, what is the reasoning behind it and what is the situation outside Latvia's borders? Together we will try to understand, while learning the terminology, newest tendencies in Latvia and abroad, aiming to demolish existing stereotypes...
When speaking about gender and gender identity most people automatically think of binary genders: male and female. Some part of people think of trans identities as well, but again in most cases it’s within the binary trans identities: transman and transwoman. But what about those people whose identities are outside the binary? Non-binary is an...
LGBT - what does it stand for, what is the meaning behind these letters. Does LGBT exist world wide, is it local? There are so many questions, to be asked in order to truly understand. We invite you to participate in workshop to better understand the meaning behind it all.
Attitudes to homosexuals in post-communist societies. Discussion. Latvian poet and literary scholar Kārlis Vērdiņš, Professor of Modern Russian History at the University of Oxford Dan Healey, author of "Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland" Lukasz Szulc and Estonian artist Jaanus Samma who represented Estonia in 2015 at the 56th Venice Biennale with his project “NSFW. A...
Homophobia in sports: inability to come out, condemnation, prejudice, the conflict between the fear of ruining one’s career and the desire to be true to one’s self and others. We often hear how athletes come out of the closet only after they’ve retired. Only then do they feel free enough to live authentically and are...
You will have a chance to meet with LGBT families to compare the living situation in Latvia and Sweden. What do we have to learn from Sweden's experience an what does Sweden can take from Latvia? Come and participate, ask questions and share opinions. You will have a chance to meet the ambassador of Sweden's...
