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    20 days ago

    I'm not saying the US state department is not involved, but I would not be very thrilled with this party even though it is the prominent anti western party. If you're a young person and see stuff like this happening it's not surprising that you would be protesting a party like this, especially if both Georgia Dream and the NGOs are telling you that EU membership and gay rights are linked to each other.

    From this fall, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/georgian-parliament-approves-law-curbing-lgbt-rights-2024-09-17/

    Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights. The bill would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and public displays of the LGBT rainbow flag, and to impose censorship of films and books. Leaders of the governing Georgian Dream party say it is needed to safeguard traditional moral standards in Georgia, whose deeply conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential.

    Tamara Jakeli, director of campaign group Tbilisi Pride, said the bill, which also restates an existing ban on same-sex marriage and bans gender reassignment surgery, would likely force her organization to close its doors.

    I know this is mostly related to the recent election and the foreign agents law, but, I'm sure there is a lot of resentment among young people for a very socially conservative party started by the richest man in the country.

    Also I would probably put a content warning/nsfw tag on this meme for reasons that should be obvious