Two doctors who were accused by citizen of Egypt of mistreating his father were given a written warning. On February 26, 2019, the citizen of Egypt residing in Georgia requested legal assistance from Equality Movement, explaining that his father was placed in the National Center for Surgery, where he was not receiving proper medical attention …

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation over violent and homo/transphobic threat to LGBT activists in the social network. On December 12, 2019, Equality Movement held a awarding ceremony of the Equality Awards 2019. The award was given to LGBTQ human rights activists and supporters, including a transgender woman. After the …

In 2019 Equality Movement worked to strengthen LGBTQ community. Here is a brief summary of the work we have done in 2019. Our goals for 2019 were: Increasing access to healthcare and social services for LGBTQ representatives; mobilization and integration of the LGBTQ community; Create a conducive environment for empowering LGBTQ community representatives. To see …

On December 4, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights began a merits hearing on the legal recognition of Nikolo Gviniashvili’s gender. In particular, the Court sent to the Government of Georgia, a respondent state, questions relevant to the case of Nikolo Gviniashvili. The applicant, Nikolo Ghviniashvili, is a transgender man who identifies himself as …

Equality Movement becomes the member of the Coalition for Equality. The coalition unites 11 nongovernmental organisations. The Coalition for Equality is an informal alliance established in 2014 with the support of Open Society Georgia Foundation. The members of Coalition are: Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC); Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSFG); Article 42 of …

On December 17, 2019, the Constitutional Court of Georgia ruled the ban on blood donation for gay and MSM communities for 10 years from the certain sexual conduct is unconstitutional. An order by the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs has been appealed, stating that a man’s …

December 12, The Equality Awards were given to 9 individuals, activists and supporters of LGBT+ community, who contributed the improvement of LGBT+ rights. The Equality Awards winners were selected by a special jury comprising members of Equality Movement, from the partner NGOs’ and community members. The ninth award was given by Equality Movement to the …

A person who blackmailed queer person, trying to squeeze money with the threat that he will spread information about their sexual orientation, was sentenced to a conditional discharge for two years and fined 2,000 GEL. A member of the queer community applied to Equality Movement on July 13, 2019, worried that they was threatened with disseminating …

On December 2nd there will be held the screening of “Comets” (2014) by Georgian director Tamar Shavgulidze, a film about the love affair between two women. The film takes part in a national competition of Tbilisi International Film Festival. Three screenings are scheduled during the film festival. The tickets of all the screenings are sold …