US EditionGeorgia’s president refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ bill
- President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia refused to sign a controversial “anti-LGBTQ bill,” which would ban gender transition and nullify same-sex marriages performed abroad.
- Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze criticized Zourabichvili for not supporting "traditional and family values" in her decision.
- Amnesty International called the bill “homophobic and transphobic,” while the European Union warned it undermines fundamental rights in Georgia.
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Georgian president refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has reportedly refused to sign off on an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that is reminiscent of measures adopted in neighbouring Russia. Passed in Parliament on September 17 with 84 out of 150 votes in favour, the bill includes bans on same-sex marriage, adoption by same-sex couples, gender-affirming care and depictions of LGBTQ+ identities….
Georgia president shoots down anti-LGBTQ bill, returns it to Parliament
Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign into law a controversial bill denounced by rights groups and Brussels as curbing the rights of LGBTQ people, officials said Wednesday. The ruling Georgian Dream party approved the measures -- dubbed the "family values" bill -- last month, in a vote boycotted by the opposition and that fuelled tensions ahead of crucial October 26 parliamentary elections. "President Zurabishvili refused …
Salome Zurabishvili sends the controversial family values law back to parliament. But this does not stop the law against LGBTQ rights. more...
In September, Georgian elected officials adopted this text on “family values” and against the “propaganda of homosexual relationships”.
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