Today in Vilnius marks the start of the annual ILGA-Europe Conference – one of the most important gatherings of the LGBT+ movement in Europe and Central Asia!

This year, the annual ILGA-Europe Conference takes place in Vilnius from 22 to 26 October. The event is organised in cooperation with local partners – the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) and the Tolerant Youth Association. The conference brings together activists and allies from across Europe and Central Asia, creating space for reflection, experience-sharing, and collective planning of future directions for the equality movement. Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (Campaign Against Homophobia) is represented in Vilnius by Miko Czerwiński and Miłosz Przepiórkowski, who will spend the next few days discussing the future of our movement.

This year’s theme, Facing the Future, reflects the unprecedented challenges our movement is facing. In a world where democracy is faltering and allies are disappearing, we come together to seek new strategies, languages of resistance, and forms of solidarity. The theme highlights the need to look ahead with courage, political clarity, and unity.

The ILGA-Europe Annual Conference is one of the most significant events for the LGBTI rights movement in Europe and Central Asia. Each year, it provides a vital space for collective reflection on strategy, solidarity, and the future.

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