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The President said no – anti-LGBTQ law is adopted anyway

The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament has signed a law that severely restricts LGBTQ rights in the country, despite warnings from the EU. On Wednesday, the country's president refused to sign the bill.

» Updated: 08 October 2024, 11:15

» Published: 03 October 2024

The President said no – anti-LGBTQ law is adopted anyway
Photo: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP/TT

"In accordance with the constitution, I signed the law on family values and protection of minors today, which Salome Zurabishvili did not sign", writes Speaker Sjalva Papuasjvili on Facebook.

According to him, the legislation should not reflect "current, temporary, changing ideas and ideologies, but is based on common sense, historical experience and centuries-old Christian, Georgian and European values".

The country's Western-friendly President Salome Zurabishvili refused to sign the bill on Wednesday and sent it back to parliament. In September, the proposal was submitted by the ruling party Georgian Dream and was approved in a parliamentary vote that the opposition boycotted.

The law prohibits, among other things, same-sex marriages, adoptions by same-sex couples, and public support and depictions of LGBTQ+ relationships and individuals in the media.

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