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Proposed restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights have proven far harder for politicans at home and abroad to unite against than the government’s “foreign agent” bill.

“No racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia,” reads a sign in a small vegan café in the center of the Georgian capital, an EU flag pinned across the counter.

“The other day, I was looking at a picture I took in 2013 with my friends who are queer activists, and I realized 90 percent of them have now left for other European countries,” said Atina Bregvadze, a feminist campaigner in Tbilisi, for whom the café is one of just a few remaining welcoming places.

At the same time, outside, thousands of parents, children and priests clad in black robes were gathering in the streets for a rally to celebrate “Family Purity Day,” the public holiday declared by the government to rival Friday’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

Now, many in Georgia’s LGBTQ+ community fear their small country is running out of space to accommodate both of these very different worlds.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Russia poisons everything.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Conservatism poisons everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Russia is conservative, and conservative parties all over the world have noticeably been cozying up to Russia for years now.

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