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LGBT Rights in Georgia

    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public Opinion

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Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Georgia have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.

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Georgia Surveys

Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage

(Pew Research Center, 2017)
93%
Support
2%
Oppose

History

Homosexual activity in Georgia

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Homosexual activity in Georgia is legal.

Current status
Since Feb 15, 2000
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
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Same-sex marriage in Georgia

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Same-sex marriage in Georgia is not legal.

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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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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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Georgia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Georgia is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Georgia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Georgia

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Right to change legal gender in Georgia is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since 2008
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2008, transgender people in Georgia can change documents and personal names to reflect their preferred gender after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…

iwpr.net/global-voices/geor…

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…)


tgeu.org/wp-content/uploads…
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
According to the ILGA Europe, there's no recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga-europe.org/files/uploa…
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LGBT discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT discrimination in Georgia is illegal.

Current status
Since Apr 20, 2012
Illegal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga-europe.org/home/guide_…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Georgia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Georgia is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2014
Sexual orientation and gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Georgia

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Same-sex adoption in Georgia is single only.

Current status
Single only
Both single individuals and married heterosexual couples can adopt. The Civil Code of Georgia defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Accordingly, same-sex married couples cannot adopt in Georgia. However, here is no prohibition against adoption based on the sexual orientation of an unmarried prospective adoptive parent.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/tr…
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Serving openly in military in Georgia

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Serving openly in military in Georgia is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Only 22 countries allow trans military service, Georgia is not one of them
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
cbc.ca/news/world/countries…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Georgia is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2017
Legal
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Conversion therapy in Georgia

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Conversion therapy in Georgia is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
According to the ILGA World, there's no ban on conversion therapy in Georgia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Wor… (page 328)
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Equal age of consent in Georgia

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Equal age of consent in Georgia is equal.

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.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.js…
humanrights.ge/files/crcreport.pdf
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