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# LGBTQ+ people in Georgia under threat after lawmakers pass law curbing LGBTQ+ rights
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/lgbtq-people-in-georgia-under-threat-after-lawmakers-pass-law-curbing-lgbtq-rights/
- Published: 2024-09-18T15:00:16.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-18T13:31:29.000Z
- Description: LGBTQ+ communities in Georgia, where the conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential, are under threat after Georgian lawmakers approved the final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and publi
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Georgia, LGBT, LGBTQ, Tbilisi

LGBTQ+ communities in **Georgia**, where the conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential, are under threat after Georgian lawmakers approved the final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and public displays of the LGBTQ+ rainbow flag, and to impose censorship of films and books.

While leaders of the governing **Georgian Dream** party say it is needed to safeguard traditional moral standards in Georgia, activists say the measure is aimed at boosting conservative support for the government ahead of a parliamentary election in October.

**Tamara Jakeli**, director of campaign group **Tbilisi Pride**, said the bill, which also restates an existing ban on same-sex marriage and bans gender reassignment surgery, would likely force her organisation to close its doors.

“This law is the most terrible thing to happen to the LGBTQ+ community in Georgia,” Jakeli said. “We will most likely have to shut down. There is no way for us to continue functioning.”LGBTQ+ rights are a fraught topic in Georgia, where polls show broad disapproval of same-sex relationships, and the constitution bans same-sex marriage. In recent years, participants in Tbilisi’s annual Pride marches have come under physical attack by anti-LGBTQ+ protesters. Georgia has ambitions to join the European Union but Western governments fear is now tilting back towards Russia.