Georgia

Although Ukraine in general does not acknowledge same-sex marriages, a court recognized the marriage Tymur Levchuk and Zorian Kis, a Ukrainian diplomat stationed in Israel. Zoryan Kis, First Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel, and his partner Tymur Levchuk. The couple had lived together since 2013 and were legally married in the United States in 2021.. (Photo courtesy of Teenergizer)
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Anti-trans hysteria mars Europe’s LGBTQ gains
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Noushad Thekkayil photo courtesy of Euractiv / NurPhoto / Getty Images)
Kazakhstan Senate approves ban on positive depictions of LGBTQ people
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Kazakhstan parliament passes ‘Anti-LGBT Propaganda’ law
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-Russia government in nation of Georgia peddles LGBT conspiracy theories
A portrait of Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender actor and model who was stabbed to death, is displayed at a vigil near parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sept. 19, 2024. (Sophiko Megrelidze photo courtesy of AP)
Man gets life in prison for killing trans model in the nation of Georgia
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Bill in Georgia’s parliament would ban Pride marches and rainbow flags
Queer Haitian migrants face uncertain future as U.S. revokes status
Hungary's homophobic Prime Minister Viktor Orban: losing support? ( Elekes Andor photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Some progress, some setbacks in Europe
A Georgian Orthodox clergyman attends last spring's Family Purity Day in the conservative nation, which just adopted a Russian-style anti-LGBTQ law. (Photo courtesy of AP)
Georgian parliament adopts anti-LGBTQ+ law that president refused to sign
Salome Zourabichvili, president of Georgia, says she would veto anti-LGBT bill, but such a veto is likely to be overriden. (Photo courtesy of the BBC)
Russian-style anti-LGBTQ bill in nation of Georgia hits minor speed bump
Billionaire and former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
Europe: Georgian legislators unanimously adopt Russian-style bill to curb LGBT rights
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Push toward anti-‘gay propaganda’ laws in two former Soviet republics
Legislators in ex-Soviet Georgia push for anti-LGBT law like Russia’s
A protester holds a sign saying “Don’t scare everyone” during a rally for freedom of speech and freedom for political prisoners in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2022. (Vyacheslav Oseledko photo courtesy of AFP/ Getty Images / HRW)
Russia-style NGO crackdowns spread as Europe dithers
Anti-LGBTQ+ activists clash with police as they try to interfere with a gathering of the LGBTQ+ community for the Tbilisi Pride Festival in Tbilisi in July 2023. (Photo courtesy of AFP via Getty Images)
Georgia’s ruling party unveils bill to take away LGBT citizens’ rights
Pioneers launching Pride in Bermuda, St. Lucia, India