According to Tbilisi Pride, 15 political parties signed a joint agreement on LGBT rights

According to Tbilisi Pride, 15 political parties have signed a joint agreement on LGBT rights.

"For the 2020 parliamentary elections, Tbilisi Pride has started cooperating with political parties to reach a general agreement on queer rights.

Given the homophobic and transphobic attitudes in Georgia, we believe it is important that political parties have a common position on the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gay people.

To this end, Tbilisi Pride has appealed to all major pro-Western political parties in Georgia.

As a result, fifteen political unions agreed that each of them, using all the mechanisms at their disposal, would fight to eliminate discrimination and violence against queer people, protect the freedom of assembly and expression of every citizen, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity, and will not allow the stirring up of social strife and the use of hate speech in the political process on the grounds of homophobia.

We hope that this agreement will be a turning point in the Georgian political space and we will work together to build a more democratic and human-oriented state", - reads the statement.

Signing parties:

1. United National Movement 2. Girchi 3. European Georgia 4. Girchi - More Freedom 5. Republican Party 6. Law and Justice 7. Strategy Builder 8. Lelo 9. Reformer 10. It's Time Movement 11. For justice 12. United Georgia 13. Free Democrats 14. Progress and Freedom 15. Victorious Georgia