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Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Lithuania, but neither gay-marriage nor civil same-sex partnership are available. Although homosexuality was decriminalised in 1993, the historic legacy has resulted in limited rights for gays and lesbians. Protection against discrimination was legislated for as part of the criteria for European Union accession and in 2010 the first gay pride parade took place in Vilnius.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vilnius approves gay pride parade - balticreports.com )〕 Negative attitudes against gay and lesbian men and women remain entrenched. A European Union member poll, conducted in 2006, showed Lithuania at 17% support for gay marriage and 12% for rights of adoption.〔(angus-reid )〕 Another study, conducted in 2006, showed that 42% of respondents would agree on a same-sex civil partnership law, 12% – same-sex marriage, 13% – right to adopt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Išsilavinimas neišgydo vyrų nuo homofobijos )〕 The support for same-sex couples’ rights diminished significantly since then and continue this trend. A 2012 study revealed a 10% support for same-sex partnerships, 7% for same-sex marriages, while an identical study in 2013 showed only a 7% support for partnerships and 5% support for marriages.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lietuviai nenori vienos lyties santuokų )〕 A poll conducted in 2009 showed that only 16% of Lithuanians would approve of a gay pride march in the capital Vilnius and 81.5% of respondents considered homosexuality as a perversion, disease or paraphilia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Apklausa: daugiau nei pusė gyventojų nepritaria gėjų eitynėms Vilniuje )〕 There are small gay communities in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. Elsewhere in Lithuania, however, the sparse population means there is no active or prominent gay community. A media campaign against LGBT people was launched by the tabloid ''Respublika'' in 2004 – 2006. About two-thirds of the members of parliament declared their hostility to LGBT people during the campaign.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=For LGBT equality, against homophobia in Lithuania )〕 During the census of 2011, only 24 same-sex households were declared.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vienalytės šeimos troškimas – keturios atžalos )〕 ==Public laws== Same-sex sexual activity, which was illegal in the Soviet Union, was legalized in Lithuania in 1993 two years after the end of the occupation. During the Soviet occupation homosexuality was considered an undesirable decadence of the bourgeoisie, if acknowledged at all, and the sexual revolution taking place in Western society, considered subversive by the Soviets in its own right, was hindered in this environment by being non-public in nature and by limited access to information. The age of consent was equalized in 2004, at 14 years of age in order to fulfill European Union accession criteria against discrimination. In 2010, on the 2nd of July, the age of consent was raised to 16 years, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Lithuania )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Lithuania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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