the everyday lives of LGBT people and their most important concerns. The most frequent foci of these stories are secrecy surrounding their lives, difficulties of sex reassignment, complicated family relationships, unfaithfulness and love affairs. Criminal news related to LGBT people also frequently reveals private information to the public. For instance, reports about two men who supposedly had sex in a public place describe the location, time and details about this incident41. These texts are longer and include more details than the accounts of similar events where the people involved are heterosexual42. Inadequate dealing with privacy issues in texts on homosexual people is also visible in reports on discrimination against sexual minorities, where the names of people accused or charged with violence are usually not disclosed43. These examples show that sex, especially non-heteronormative sex, is an issue that attracts the most attention from media in Lithuania. Ironically, while the private details of homosexual couples’ lives are often discussed in public, LGBT people are frequently asked to not shout out. The aggressive rhetoric targeted at LGBT people forces them to navigate between the public and the private as they attempt to control the construction of their public image. This was clearly demonstrated in the debate on the popular TV talk show that took place soon after the March for Equality was granted permission44. The show gave a platform to both LGBT activists and nationalist and A. Gurevičius, “Vilniaus policija girtus homoseksualus vidury gatvės užklupo lytinio akto metu” [Vilnius police has caught drunk homosexuals having sex in the middle of the street], May 16, 2011, Delfi.lt; A. Gurevičius, “Prokuroras nutraukė vyrų tenkinusių geidulius gatvėje baudžiamąją bylą” [The attorney withdrew the charges of men satisfying their sexual urge on the street], May 28, 2011, Delfi.lt
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Ex. “Lytinio akto metu girta porelė gatvėje išplūdo pasipiktinusią moterį” [A drunk couple cursed a disturbed woman while having sex], July 13, 2011, Delfi.lt
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D. Sinkevičius, “Internete gėjus ir gaidžius mušti raginusio vyro drąsa išgaravo teisme” [The bravery of a man who called to beat up gays and faggots on-line vanished in court], September 21, 2010, Delfi.lt; “Nubaustas internete su gėjais susidoroti raginęs gydytojas” [A doctor calling to bash gays on-line penalised], November 25, 2010, Delfi.lt
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“Be Grimo” [Revealed], February 2, 2010, TV3. This TV talk show hosts discussions on popular political and social issues inviting politicians and people affected by political decisions. The archive is accessible on-line: http:// www.tv3.lt/webtv
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