The research part of this project had to parts: an intensive archival and library research in mainly Lithuanian language sources, which was conducted in Vilnius, and an oral history part. For the second part, interviews were collected across Lithuanian cities and villages with 16 LGBTQ people born between 1938 and 1977, and 4 experts (psychiatrists and psychologists). Research resulted in a digital archive of oral history recordings, transcripts, and scans of archival documents. Based in research results dr. Rasa Navickaitė delivered eight conference presentations, submitted three academic articles, published one article, organized three conference panels, organized two conferences and started putting together a special issue. The research results were broadly disseminated by means of public lectures and interviews with media. Four articles on LGBTQ history were produced for Lithuanian language media and one article, dealing with the Russian state anti-LGBTQ propaganda, for the English language international media. Additionally, the researcher gave five interviews to media, appearing on radio and in news portals. Finally, Navickaitė gave five public lectures in Austria and Lithuania.
The main scientific dissemination event of the project, an international scholarly workshop for graduate and post-graduate students "Queering Modernization in Eastern Europe: Deviant Sexualities, Gender Regimes, and the Limits of State Control" took place on June 29-30 at the University of Vienna. The workshop was a great opportunity for 11 selected doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to network and present their work on the subject of sexuality and modernization in Eastern and Central Europe. The event included also two public lectures by respected scholars in the field of history of sexuality studies and modern history, dr. Anna Hájková (University of Warwick) and dr. Lukasz Szulc (Manchester University).
