Anti-LGBTQ law mooted in Georgia
Mamuka Mdinaradze, chair of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on 3 May that “the majority will not consider a bill to ban LGBTQ propaganda in Georgia.” The project was initiated on May 2 by the anti-gay “Conservative Movement” party with the TV company “Alt-Info”, which is seen as pro-Russian. The party had proposed to amend the law “On meetings and demonstrations” to prohibit “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation”. It wanted to: • Ban meetings and demonstrations where propaganda of a non-traditional sexual orientation may take place. • Prohibit...