Bills banning LGBT propaganda have been introduced into parliament in Georgia: what areas will they affect?

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said that the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party is introducing a package of bills banning LGBT propaganda (The international public movement LGBT is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) and gender reassignment.

The ruling party intends to make appropriate amendments to the constitution of the republic. The package of bills “On family values ​​and the protection of minors” consists of one main document of the same name and 18 consequences arising from it, which amend various regulations.

According to Papuashvili, the initiated changes to legislation enjoy full support society.

Gay parades, same-sex marriages and gender reassignment surgeries may be banned in Georgia

The package of bills includes a ban on the registration of same-sex marriages; adoption of minor children by persons who have changed their gender or have a non-traditional orientation; indication in official documents of a gender different from biological; sex reassignment operations.

LGBT propaganda and the popularization of incest will be prohibited in educational institutions. “In particular, to promote the dissemination of information that is aimed at a person’s belonging to a gender different from his own, relationships between people of the same sex, or the popularization of incest,” the speaker of parliament emphasized.

Broadcasters will be prohibited from broadcasting same-sex scenes and advertising with similar content.

In addition, the amendments prohibit public meetings or demonstrations aimed at popularizing LGBT issues; companies will not be able to draw up employment agreements that ignore the biological sex of employees.

Legislative amendments will be finally adopted in the fall, Papuashvili noted.

The law on foreign agents came into force in Georgia earlier

On June 3, Papuashvili signed the law on foreign agents and it came into force. In order for the new norms to work, the parliament had to override the veto of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. Prime Minister of the country Irakli Kobakhidze claimedthat the adoption of the bill is necessary to preserve sovereignty and security.

The document caused mass protests in the republic. The law was also viewed negatively in the United States and the European Union. Thus, the head of the State Department press service, Matthew Miller, said that because of the law on foreign agents, Washington will introduce visa restrictions against Georgia.