Guram Palavandishvili

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Guram Palavandishvili being arrested at a homophobic protest on 6 June. Image via Mtavari.

Georgia

Far-right campaigner among arrestees at homophobic rally in Tbilisi

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•1 min read

Prominent far-right campaigner Guram Palavandishvili and his son were among seven people arrested during an anti-queer demonstration in Tbilisi on Monday. The protest outside the EU Delegation to Georgia’s office was organised by Palavandishvili’s Children’s Rights Society and NGO Morality. The groups were protesting against the impending Pride events. Demonstrators carried banners with insulting and homophobic texts including: ‘All shameful LGBT ambassadors should be expelled from Georgia’,

Black paint thrown on a rainbow flag hanging from the Tbilisi Pride office. Photo: Zneoba Daitsavi.

Georgia

Homophobic protesters throw paint at Tbilisi Pride office

by OC Media

•3 min read

Homophobic protesters have vandalised the exterior of the Tbilisi Pride office, throwing black paint at a rainbow flag hanging from their balcony. On Sunday, ultraconservative leader Guram Palavandishvili, who organised the protests, posted a video online showing protesters throwing the paint. The Interior Ministry has launched Administrative proceedings for ‘petty hooliganism’. Protesters have been gathering daily outside the offices of Tbilisi Pride, a local queer rights organisation, f

And Then We Danced

Homophobic protesters attack filmgoers at Georgian film premiere

by OC Media

•5 min read

Homophobic protesters threw firecrackers at police and filmgoers and several times attempted to storm the cinema at the Georgian premiere of Swedish-Georgian co-production And Then We Danced. The film, which centres around a romance between two male traditional Georgian dancers, opened in six Georgian cinemas on Friday evening. It had its world premiere in May at the Cannes film festival. The largest protest took place outside Tbilisi’s Amirani Cinema, where hundreds confronted riot polic