Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Banned
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ Illegal in some contexts
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    ✖ Not banned
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Georgia have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.

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Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage

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93%
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2%
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Perception of LGBTQ+ People

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History

Homosexual activity in Georgia

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Homosexual activity in Georgia is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 15, 2000
Legal
Homosexuality has been legal for all genders in Georgia since 2000.
Details
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…

web.archive.org/web/2010112…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2010.pdf
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Mar 7, 1934–Feb 15, 2000
Male illegal, female legal
In 1933, an article was added to the criminal code of Soviet Georgia, which prohibited sexual relations between men. The mentioned article provided for up to 5 years of imprisonment.
Details
Sources:
civiceducation.ge/ka/lessons/4-48
gazeta.ru/science/2018/12/1…
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Same-sex marriage in Georgia

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Same-sex marriage in Georgia is banned.

Current status
Banned
The civil code of Georgia defines marriage as a union strictly between a man and woman.
Details
Sources:
Civil Code of Georgia. Article 1106 (matsne.gov.ge/en/document/v…)
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Georgia

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Georgia is state-enforced.

Current status
Since Sep 17, 2024
State-enforced
Georgia’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law bans Pride events, rainbow flags, and allows censorship of LGBTQ+ content in media.
Details
Sources:
reuters.com/world/europe/ge…
rferl.org/amp/georgia-lgbt-…
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Until Sep 17, 2024
No censorship
In Georgia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/georgia-lgbti
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Right to change legal gender in Georgia

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Right to change legal gender in Georgia is illegal.

Current status
Since Sep 17, 2024
Illegal
Georgia recently passed strict anti-LGBTQ+ legislation banning gender changes on official documents
Details
Sources:
politico.eu/article/georgia…
aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024…
reuters.com/world/europe/ge…
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2008–Sep 17, 2024
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Details
Sources:
tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…

iwpr.net/global-voices/geor…
tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…
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Gender-affirming care in Georgia

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Gender-affirming care in Georgia is banned.

Current status
Since Sep 17, 2024
Banned
Georgia’s new law bans gender-affirming care, blocking all medical treatments related to gender transition.
Details
Sources:
reuters.com/world/europe/ge…
aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024…
politico.eu/article/georgia…
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1998–Sep 17, 2024
Legal
In 1998, Georgia adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
Details
Sources:
ourworldindata.org/grapher/…
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Legal, but restricted for minors
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy.
Details
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Restricted
In 1926, the Soviet Union's Ministry of Internal Affairs legalized sex reassignment surgery
Details
Sources:
russiapost.info/society/lgbt
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA Europe, there's no recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia.
Details
Sources:
ilga-europe.org/files/uploa…
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LGBT discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT discrimination in Georgia is illegal in some contexts.

Current status
Since Apr 20, 2012
Illegal in some contexts
According to ILGA is illegal referring to
SO
GI
GE
Except for "Prohibition of incitement to violence, hatred or discrimination"
Which is only illegal for
SO
GI

Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/georgia-lgbti
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LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Sexual orientation and gender identity
According ILGA
SO
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GE
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/georgia-lgbti
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LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Sexual orientation and gender identity
According ILGA
SO
GI
GE
Details
Sources:
database.ilga.org/georgia-lgbti
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Same-sex adoption in Georgia

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Same-sex adoption in Georgia is single only.

Current status
Single only
Both single individuals and married heterosexual couples can adopt. The Civil Code of Georgia defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Accordingly, same-sex married couples cannot adopt in Georgia. However, here is no prohibition against adoption based on the sexual orientation of an unmarried prospective adoptive parent.
Details
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/tr…
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Intersex infant surgery in Georgia

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Intersex infant surgery in Georgia is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Georgia.
Details
Sources:
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/…
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Serving openly in military in Georgia

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Serving openly in military in Georgia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Only 22 countries allow trans military service, Georgia is not one of them
Details
Sources:
cbc.ca/news/world/countries…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal
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Conversion therapy in Georgia

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Conversion therapy in Georgia is ambiguous.

Current status
Ambiguous
The satut on the prohibition of conversion therapy is ambiguous
Details
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)
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Equal age of consent in Georgia

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Equal age of consent in Georgia is equal.

Current status
Since Feb 15, 2000
Equal
According to article 140 and 141 of the Georgian Penal Code, the age of consent for both homosexual and heterosexual sex is 16.
Details
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
humanrights.ge/files/crcreport.pdf
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