The Georgian Parliament has passed a controversial law, criticized by the West, that prohibits "LGBT propaganda." The legislation impacts the entire Georgian LGBT community, including individuals undergoing transition and the doctors who assist them.

Kesaria Abramidze, a prominent Georgian transgender woman was killed in her home just one day after the country’s parliament passed a controversial anti-LGBT law. The 37-year-old model and influencer,

Georgia's parliament has approved draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, a measure echoing similar laws adopted in neighbouring Russia. The bill was voted through on Tuesday after it was originally introduced by the ruling populist party Georgian Dream earlier this year.

Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights.

By Tornike Mandaria in Tbilisi Georgia’s parliament has passed at third reading a legislative package introduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party that bans “LGBT propaganda,” same-sex marriage and adoption,

The measure mirrors similar legislation used in Russia to curb LGBTQ rights and "concerns restricting, in educational institutions and TV broadcasts, the propaganda of same-sex relationships and incest.