Nino was forced to leave her family and country because of her sexual orientation. To escape from the rampant homophobia in Georgia, Nino seeked asylum in Germany, however, the road to safety
More(Elene Khoshtaria – head of political party “It’s Time”) Irrational fears surrounding 17th of May and minorities in general are, of course, not exclusive to Georian population. The issue is that these
More(Khatuna Samnidze – Chairman of the Republican Party) Members of the government not only don’t work for the reduction of transphobia and homophobia, by increasing awareness, but in turn use LGBTQ community
More(Gigi Tsereteli – Politician, Member of the Parliament of Georgia five times (1999, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016), President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from 2017 to December 14, 2020) Aggressive and homophobic
More(Ucha Nanuashvili – Public Defender of Georgia from December 2012 to December 2017, Head of the Institute for Democracy Research) The main problem is the state policy of pushing out the LGBT
More(Mikheil Kumsishvili – Labor Party Youth Wing Leader) The church declaring the 17th of May as Familiy Sanctity day is their counterattack against LGBTQ community, who is protesting against oppression on homophobic
More17th of May is a day of fear for me. On 17th May of 2013 I was in Israel, but I saw my friends be raided. I was very anxious, could not
More17th of May is both a day of pride and sadness. The day during which we could walk proudly, show people who we are, how we are, and what we want, was
More17th of May is a celebration for me, a shared birthday for queers that is associated with great pain and sadness, because in Georgia we are not allowed to celebrate. We are
More17th of May for me is a day of solidarity and memory of those that fell victim to hatred. We only have this one day, in which we can be who we
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