News World
Georgia Pride event is disrupted by men carrying swastika flag
Witnesses said members of the group performed Nazi salutes and shouted, "Heil Hitler," as they moved through the city during Athens PrideFest
Georgia
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
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
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
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
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