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Video | Priests rule the streets as Georgia marks Day Against Homophobia in lockdown

Video | Priests rule the streets as Georgia marks Day Against Homophobia in lockdown

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The usual stand-off between supporters of queer rights and homophobic counter-protesters did not take place this 17 May in Tbilisi, as Georgia marked International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia under a state of emergency. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, however, ‘blessmobiles’ laden with priests still roamed the streets spraying holy water on pedestrians.

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