• Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
  • Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
  • Changing Gender
    ✔ Legal, surgery not required
  • Adoption
    ✖ Single only
  • Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
  • Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Military
    ✔ Legal
  • Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
  • Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
  • Conversion Therapy
    Ambiguous

History

Homosexual activity in Georgia

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Current status
(since Feb 15, 2000)
Legal
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Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
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Same-sex marriage in Georgia

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Feb 9, 2016–Sep 17, 2018
Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only
Required legalization under EU ruling. Recognized for immigration purposes only under 2018 EU Ruling. Civil Unions pending.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
quora.com/How-many-countrie…
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Current status
Not legal
The civil code of Georgia defines marriage as a union between man and woman
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
Civil Code of Georgia. Article 1106
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Right to change legal gender in Georgia

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Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Surgery no required since 2018. Missing non binary options on documents.
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tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…
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Same-sex adoption in Georgia

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Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Sources:
No
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LGBT discrimination in Georgia

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Current status
(since Apr 20, 2012)
Illegal
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Sources:
ilga-europe.org/home/guide_…
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LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2014)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
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Sources:
No
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LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2014)
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
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Sources:
No
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Homosexuals serving openly in military in Georgia

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Current status
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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No
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Equal age of consent in Georgia

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Current status
(since Feb 15, 2000)
Equal
According to article 140 and 141 of the Georgian Penal Code, the age of consent for both homosexual and heterosexual sex is 16.
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Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
humanrights.ge/files/crcreport.pdf
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Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia

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Current status
(since Jan 1, 2017)
Legal
No
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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Conversion therapy in Georgia

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Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No
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