Andrea SannaGeorgia joins list of anti-LGBTQIA nations
The Georgian parliament has finally approved in third reading (and therefore definitively) the law that will restrict the rights of LGBTQIA citizens. The law was proposed last March by the Georgian Dream party, which has been in power since 2012, and will give the government the power to ban public gatherings and LGBTQIA events such as Pride, to ban the display of the rainbow flag (a symbol of the international LGBTQIA movement) in public places and, of course, to censor LGBTQIA-themed books and films.
No votes against from the opposition, which is currently boycotting parliament over the ‘foreign agents’ law.
Salome Zourabichvili, the President of Georgia, could veto the anti-LGBTQIA law, but as Georgian Dream has a majority, it will be able to reject it.
“This law is the worst thing that could happen to the LGBTQIA community in Georgia,” Tamara Jakeli, director of Tbilisi Pride, told Reuters, and her organisation may be forced to cease its activities.
