"The legislation would ban LGBTQ+ rights on multiple fronts, including adoption, marriage, and civil IDs. It restates an existing ban on same-sex marriage and outlaws gender-affirming surgery in the country."
"Opponents say the bill and timing of the measure are aimed at whipping support for the far-right government ahead of the nation's October 25 elections."
"This law is the most terrible thing to happen to the LGBT community in Georgia," Tamara Jakeli, director of campaign group Tbilisi Pride, told . "We will most likely have to shut down. There is no way for us to continue functioning."
"Georgian Dream party leaders say the legislation is critical to safeguarding Georgia from degenerate moral influences exported from the West."
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