World News | Georgian Parliament Approves Anti-LGBTQ Legislation, Echoing Measures in Russia
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Georgia's parliament on Tuesday approved draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, a measure that is similar to laws adopted in neighbouring Russia.
Tbilisi, Sep 17 (AP) Georgia's parliament on Tuesday approved draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, a measure that is similar to laws adopted in neighbouring Russia.
The bill, introduced by the ruling party Georgian Dream earlier this year, includes bans on same-sex marriages, adoption by same-sex couples, gender-affirming care, public endorsement of LGBTQ+ relations and people, and depictions of them in the media.
Russian authorities over the last decade also banned public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” as well as gender-affirming care, among other measures. Russia's Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism by labelling what the authorities called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organisation and banning it.
The new initiative was announced by Georgian Dream on the heels of the country adopting another law critics denounced as borrowed from Moscow's playbook — the “foreign influence” law. It ignited weeks of protests and was widely criticised as threatening democratic freedoms and jeopardising Georgia's chances of joining the European Union. (AP)
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