Georgian anti-LGBT law

The Georgian anti-LGBT propaganda law[1] (Georgian: საქართველოს კანონი ლგბტ პროპაგანდის წინააღმდეგ, romanized: sakartvelos k'anoni lgbt' p'rop'agandis ts'inaaghmdeg), formally the Law on Family Values and Protection of Minors[2] (Georgian: საქართველოს კანონი ოჯახური ღირებულებებისა და არასრულწლოვნების დაცვის შესახებ, romanized: sakartvelos k'anoni ojakhuri ghirebulebebisa da arasrults'lovnebis datsvis shesakheb), is a legislative package in Georgia that was passed with the third and final reading by the Parliament of Georgia on 17 September 2024 and was signed into effect on 3 October 2024.

[15] On 3 May, Fridon Injia, a member of pro-government European Socialists party, stated that he would draft the bill to outlaw the "LGBT propaganda", saying that the "LGBT propaganda destroys Georgia, the Georgian family, the state, it affects the demographic situation, it's unacceptable for the mentality of a Georgian man".

[16] On 4 May, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for the first time took part in the Conservative Political Action Conference in Budapest, where he spoke of the importance of preserving "traditional values" and the inadmissibility of "violence by the minority against the majority" in a denunciation of "aggressive [LGBT] propaganda" as a tool to forcefully change the traditional values of the majority.

The Georgian Orthodox Church stated that the book aimed to instill "false values" into the children, while Mamuka Mdinaradze noted that "Getting used to this topic from a young age is harmful for the future generation...

Shalva Kekelia, the leader of the Church of the Transfiguration, said that the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was an "insult and violation of religious feelings", remarking that "Christianity is being caricatured to the end".

[27] The draft law "On Family Values and Protection of Minors" was introduced to the Parliament of Georgia on 4 June 2024 by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

[32] The opposing MPs, except those from Girchi,[5] did not attend the votes as they have been boycotting parliamentary work ever since the adoption of the foreign agents law.

Papuashvili emphasized that the law is "based on common sense, historical experience, and centuries-old Christian, Georgian, and European values rather than being shaped by temporary ideologies".

[3] The legislative package consists of the core bill "On Family Values and Protection of Minors" and 18 related amendments to the various laws.

According to the Chairman of Parliament, this provision would be restricted by "a prohibition on illustrating an intimate relationship between same-sex couples or incest through media".

[8] According to the 2021 International Social Survey Programme (ISSIP) study, 84% of the Georgian public thinks that sexual relations between two adults of the same sex are always wrong, which is the highest score in Europe.