Tomas Raskevicius, the only openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker in Lithuania, has said he’s confident that the country will legalise same-sex civil unions in its current term, but warned that legalising same-sex marriage could still take a decade.
Lithuania currently doesn’t legally recognise same-sex relationships, voting against a resolution as recently as 2018, but last year ruled that same-sex spouses of foreign diplomats needed to be granted residence permits.
Speaking to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Raskevicius said that his party planned to submit a bill for same-sex civil unions during March.
He acknowledged that members of the Homeland Union Party, who hold a majority in the Lithuanian parliament, will reject the bill and added: “We’re going