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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 …

Equality Movement Calls on Ministry of Internal Affairs to protect the Safety of attendees at the film screening of Georgian-Swedish gay drama And Then We Danced. All tickets sold out. In this light, homophobic groups are preparing to hold a demonstration, intending to block the cinemas, raising the risk of attacking to the people attending …

Tbilisi, Georgia – Transgender woman was assaulted in Tbilisi, on Tsereteli avenue, approximately at 10 PM June 19. According to her testimony she was physically and verbally abused by 4 men. They were laughing at her with transphobic remarks, whey were asking, if she was male or female, then they attacked her.  Abused Transgender woman …

The study was conducted by LLC MILKY WAY at request of Equality Movement. Part of the questions presented in the research (regarding widespread stereotypes) was based on the study “From Prejudice to Equality: study of societal attitudes, knowledge and information regarding the LGBT community and their rights”, conducted by Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) in …

Organizations “Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group” and “Equality Movement” call for an aid for an LGBTQI community member from Chechnya. With a fatal diagnosis they are currently at one of the hospitals in Georgia. The condition of the patient is extremely difficult. The person fled from Chechnya more than a year ago, where they suffered brutal …

Civil society organisations and groups working on protection of human rights in Georgia are extremely concerned about the violence and threats committed on homophobic motives against four activists of the organisation Equality Movement in Tbilisi. We call on law enforcement agencies to investigate the case in a timely and effective manner in order to address …

To LGBT community members, citizens of Georgia and the international society, human rights organizations and the diplomatic corps. To the Georgian government, Patriarchate of Georgia, the governing party, and the opposition, politically engaged groups and fascist groups operating illegally in Georgia. 17th of May is the International Day Against Homophobia which is celebrated by the …

Human rights NGOs and groups are extremely concerned about beating of the Equality Movement activists Levan Berianidze and Tornike Kusiani in Batumi, allegedly motivated by homophobia, their arbitrary arrest and inhuman and degrading treatment by the police, and urge the prosecutor’s office to investigate the case in a timely and effective manner, with the aim …