The EU’s top diplomat warned last month that passing such a law would “derail” Georgia’s hopes of joining the EU.Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images

Georgia signs sweeping anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law – POLITICO

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Georgia signed a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law Thursday, its speaker of parliament said.

The legislation, introduced by the governing Georgian Dream party, bans same-sex marriage, adoption by same-sex couples, gender-affirming care and changing one’s gender on identity documents, and depictions of LGBTQ+ people in media.

Lawmakers approved the bill last month, but the country’s president refused to sign it, giving the speaker of parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, five days to rubber-stamp it, which he did on Thursday.