Georgia Archives

Four LGBTQ Pride attendees, posed by models

News Politics

‘The country of Georgia is not a safe place for LGBTQI+ people’

"Home Office policy is denying LGBTQIs the right to seek sanctuary despite increasingly hostile anti-LGBT legislation," writes Rainbow Migration's Minesh Parekh in an op-ed

Anti-LGBTQ+ protest in the Georgian capital Tbilisi

News World

Georgian parliament speaker signs anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law after president refuses

The so-called "Protection of Family Values and Minors" bill bans marriage equality, LGBTQ+ adoption and gender affirming care

A photo of Georgian model Kesaria Abramidze

News World

Transgender woman murdered in Georgia after country passes anti-LGBTQ+ law

Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was stabbed to death in her flat in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi

An asylum seeker has given a stark warning as the government tries to add Georgia and India to countries considered safe to send asylum seekers back to

News UK

Gay refugee warns Georgia ‘cannot be considered safe’ as UK government tries to add to safe list

The UK government's own guidance warns of anti-LGBTQ attitudes in Georgia

Two hands holding in front of a trans flag - Mermaids

News World

Georgia to resume ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Alabama to enforce a similar restriction.

News World

Another arrest made in Georgia after cameraman’s death at anti-Pride protests

Alexander Lashkarava's death has prompted protests calling for government officials to resign.

News World

Georgia cameraman dies after being attacked by far-right protestors at anti-Pride march

Alexander Lashkarava was one of 53 journalists attacked while covering a planned Pride parade in Tbilisi, according to Reporters without Borders.

Life Travel

Inside Tbilisi’s politically-charged underground queer scene

Techno club Bassiani in Tbilisi, Georgia, is a hub for the country’s severely oppressed LGBTQ community.

News World

Tbilisi Pride cancelled after violent far-right homophobes attack Pride office

"The government deployed inadequately small numbers of policemen," an Amnesty International rep said.

Culture Film & TV

Meet the guys behind ‘And Then We Danced’, Georgia’s first explicitly gay-themed film

Nominated for last year's Queer Palm prize at Cannes, 'And Then We Danced' is an important coming-of-age tale set in homophobic Georgia.

Culture Film & TV

‘And Then We Danced’: Watch an exclusive clip from the gay film which sparked protests in Georgia

The powerful new drama charts the sexual awakening of a young dancer in the Georgian National Ensemble.

Culture Film & TV

‘And Then We Danced’: An inside look at the powerful gay film that sparked protests in Georgia

Director Levan Akin and star Levan 'Gelly' Gelbakhiani open up about the drama that's come with making Georgia's first explicitly gay drama.

News World

Students at a Georgian school say a Gay-Straight Alliance club will ‘push’ homosexuality on pupils

A petition has been launched calling for the club to be banned

News World

Mum calls for teachers to be fired after teasing her 14-year-old son who they believe is gay

The two teachers in Georgia were suspended for two days

News World

Georgia Assembly files legislation protecting LGBTQ youth from gay conversion therapy

The new bill called the Youth Mental Health Protection Act will protect LGBTQ youth

News World

‘It’s like being in prison except it’s in your own body’: Transgender twins open up about transitioning together

Jack and Jace Grafe confided in each other when they were 15 that they were transgender

News World

Bartender claims he was kicked out of an Uber because he is gay

Chris 'Skipp' Williams was trying to get home after a 12 hour shift at a bar in Washington DC

News World

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia cancelled in Georgia following threats

The day aims to raise awareness of LGBT rights violations

News World

A Georgian judge has made history after coming out as bisexual

Mike Jacobs has become the first openly LGBT trial judge in DeKalb, Illinois

News World

72-year-old woman arrested over alleged homophobic, racist attack on two soldiers in restaurant

Witnesses filmed the altercation at a restaurant in Georgia on Saturday night (April 14)