Georgian parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili said in a Facebook post on Thursday that he had signed into law a “family values” bill curbing LGBT rights, just weeks before a high-stakes parliamentary election. Lawmakers from the ruling Georgian ...

Lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream party last month approved the bill, which bans gender transitions and could outlaw pride marches and displays of the LGBT rainbow flag. The party says the law

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign a bill passed by parliament last month that many rights groups and opposition figures argue severely limits LGBT rights. The 'family values' bill was approved on September 17 by the ruling Georgian Dream party with an 84-0 vote.

President Salome Zurabishvili refused to sign an anti-LGBT law passed by the Georgian parliament in September, leaving it up to the Speaker of Parliament to sign the controversial bill into law.

The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, signed the draft law against the so-called LGBT propaganda. Papuashvili wrote in

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed a package of laws “on the protection of family values ​​and minors.” The so-called “anti-LGBT law” was not previously signed or vetoed by President Salome Zurabishvili.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili refused to sign the bill, but her veto was overridden by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

Georgia on Thursday signed into law measures that will curb LGBTQ rights, despite warnings from the European Union that they undermine Tbilisi's membership ambitions.