{"id":2646,"date":"2025-06-27T12:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/who-is-spreading-lgbt-disinformation-in-the-baltics-january-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:47:16","slug":"who-is-spreading-lgbt-disinformation-in-the-baltics-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/who-is-spreading-lgbt-disinformation-in-the-baltics-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Spreading LGBT+ Disinformation in the Baltics? (January 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BECID-BLOGI-PILDID-1920-x-1080-px-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Who Is Spreading LGBT+ Disinformation in the Baltics?<br><em>January 2024<\/em><br>Ronalds Sili\u0146\u0161 (Re:Baltica), Evita Puri\u0146a (Re:Baltica)<br>Part of D2.5 of the EU-funded project with the ID 118471, coordinated by the University of Tartu (UTARTU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2023, the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) which collects the trends all over the EU,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edmo.eu\/2023\/05\/30\/rights-in-the-time-of-conspiracies-and-fake-news-disinformation-against-lgbtq-in-the-eu\/\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that LGBT+ issues are one of the most popular and persistent topics of disinformation. Most narratives about the traditional family, which supposedly is under attack, are also relevant in the Baltics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Latvia, this time it resurfaced due to two legislative initiatives. Latvia was one of the last EU countries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/latvia-votes-to-allow-same-sex-civil-unions\/\">to adopt<\/a>&nbsp;any sort of framework for civil partnership. Also, after many years of discussions it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eng.lsm.lv\/article\/politics\/saeima\/30.11.2023-istanbul-convention-ratified-by-latvian-saeima.a533654\/\">ratified<\/a>&nbsp;the Istanbul Convention which aims to prevent violence against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more from the report:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/becid.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/BECID_January_2024_Who_is_spreading_LGBT_disinformation_in_the_Baltics-30012024.pdf\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ffcd05\" class=\"has-inline-color\">BECID_January_2024_Who_is_spreading_LGBT_disinformation_in_the_Baltics 30012024<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.rebaltica.lv\/2024\/01\/who-is-spreading-lgbt-disinformation-in-the-baltics\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ffcd05\" class=\"has-inline-color\">https:\/\/en.rebaltica.lv\/2024\/01\/who-is-spreading-lgbt-disinformation-in-the-baltics\/<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Is Spreading LGBT+ Disinformation in the Baltics?January 2024Ronalds Sili\u0146\u0161 (Re:Baltica), Evita Puri\u0146a (Re:Baltica)Part of D2.5 of the EU-funded project with the ID 118471, coordinated by the University of Tartu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.ut.ee\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}