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Live updates | Tbilisi Pride cancelled as mob violence continues

Live coverage of Georgia's first-ever Pride march.

Attacks on journalists in Tbilisi as city braces for Pride

Anti-Pride protesters also demolished tents that had been outside of the Georgian parliament since the last parliamentary election. 

Attacks on journalists in Tbilisi as city braces for Pride

Anti-Pride protesters also demolished tents that had been outside of the Georgian parliament since the last parliamentary election. 

Tbilisi Pride Week kicks off amidst far-right protests

Police arrested 20 people attempting to disrupt the opening event of pride week, as one US diplomat was hit with an egg.

Tbilisi Pride Week kicks off amidst far-right protests

Police arrested 20 people attempting to disrupt the opening event of pride week, as one US diplomat was hit with an egg.

Man attacked in Baku ‘for having blue hair’

Twenty-two-year-old model Abbaskhan Humbatov was attacked in the streets of Baku in what appears to have been a homophobic incident.

Man attacked in Baku ‘for having blue hair’

Twenty-two-year-old model Abbaskhan Humbatov was attacked in the streets of Baku in what appears to have been a homophobic incident.

Kobakhidze calls for Tbilisi Pride to be cancelled

The ‘March for Dignity’ is planned to take place along Rustaveli Avenue on 5 July. 

Kobakhidze calls for Tbilisi Pride to be cancelled

The ‘March for Dignity’ is planned to take place along Rustaveli Avenue on 5 July. 

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

By Vahid Aliyev

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

Spate of homophobic attacks in Azerbaijan

There have been three homophobic street attacks in Baku in the last week alone.

Spate of homophobic attacks in Azerbaijan

There have been three homophobic street attacks in Baku in the last week alone.

UK Embassy cancels queer event after moderator calls Azerbaijan a dictatorship

Maksym Eristavi had argued that the Azerbaijani Government’s actions had worsened queer rights in the country.

UK Embassy cancels queer event after moderator calls Azerbaijan a dictatorship

Maksym Eristavi had argued that the Azerbaijani Government’s actions had worsened queer rights in the country.

Fifteen Georgian parties sign joint agreement on queer rights

The statement was signed by most major opposition parties, but not by Georgian Dream.

Fifteen Georgian parties sign joint agreement on queer rights

The statement was signed by most major opposition parties, but not by Georgian Dream.

Voice | ‘I knew from age 6 that I was born in the wrong body’

A 42-year-old transgender man shares his story of discovering his real gender identity and the struggle of living in Georgia as a trans person.  

Voice | ‘I knew from age 6 that I was born in the wrong body’

A 42-year-old transgender man shares his story of discovering his real gender identity and the struggle of living in Georgia as a trans person.  

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