Lithuania

Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
Although Ukraine in general does not acknowledge same-sex marriages, a court recognized the marriage Tymur Levchuk and Zorian Kis, a Ukrainian diplomat stationed in Israel. Zoryan Kis, First Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel, and his partner Tymur Levchuk. The couple had lived together since 2013 and were legally married in the United States in 2021.. (Photo courtesy of Teenergizer)
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LGBTQ rights advocate protests in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2016.
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Banner for 2018's International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
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Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister (Photo by Kai Mork via Wikimedia Commons)
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Location of the Transnistria region between Moldova and Ukraine. (Map courtesy of Wikipedia)
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Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT program for Human Rights Watch
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