Georgia Targets LGBT Rights in New Crackdown After ‘Russian’ Law
- Ruling Georgian Dream party seeks to outlaw ‘LGBT propaganda’
- Package follows ‘foreign agent’ law condemned by US and EU
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Georgia’s ruling party put forward draft legislation targeting LGBT rights, adding to a crackdown on civil society that has drawn strong condemnation from the US and the European Union.
The measures against “LGBT propaganda” would ban portrayals of same-sex relationships in films, television and advertising, outlaw the registration of same-sex marriages and make it illegal for non-heterosexual couples to adopt children, Shalva Papuashvili, the speaker of the Georgian parliament, told reporters Tuesday in the capital Tbilisi.