Country Of Georgia Moves To Ban Rainbow Flags, Pride Celebrations, Same-Sex Adoption, & Gender Transition

Politico Europe reports:

The draft legislation, set out by the governing Georgian Dream party on Monday, aims to prohibit people from changing their gender, as well as outlaw same-sex couples from adopting children. According to Georgian Dream’s executive chair Mamuka Mdinaradze, Georgia’s constitution should be amended to allow marriage only of “a union of a single genetic male and a single genetic female.”

In an echo of anti-LGBTQ+ “propaganda” laws introduced in Russia and decried by human rights defenders, the proposal would also ban education and public gatherings it describes as popularizing “same-sex family or intimate relationships,” as well as “incest.” Mdinaradze did not rule out that holding a Pride parade or displaying an LGBTQ+ flag could be in violation of the bill.

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Georgia, population 4 million, is around 90% Christian with most belonging to the Georgian Orthodox Church. Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

President Salome Zourabichvili [photo] leaves office later this year, after which future Georgian presidents will be “selected indirectly” by parliamentary electors.

The Georgian Dream Party holds half of the seats in parliament, with the rest scattered among 14 other parties.

Georgia could soon introduce tough new rules clamping down on LGBTQ+ rights and barring public celebrations of same-sex relationships.

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