In January 2020, transgender woman reported to the Equality Movement that she was verbally and physically abused by a consumer, a stranger man, in her workplace, in a supermarket chain Spar. According to the victim, a customer when entered in the supermarket made a transphobic comment about his gender self-expression, the accused verbally abused and …

The video is part of You Are Not Alone campaign of the Equality Movement, which aims to start a conversation about homophobic and transphobic bullying. You Are Not Alone is designed to promote open discussion on a deep rooted problem – bullying, especially trans and homophobic bullying. The campaign also features a magazine Egalite , …

A man accused of robbery and sexual assault to a transgender woman has been sentenced five years imprisonment. Transgender woman applied to the Equality Movement on August 12 for legal aid. She informed us that she had voluntary sex with an unknown person. thereafter, the person insisted on her to have an unwanted sexual intercourse, but …

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 …