Georgia (EU)

Authorities say the riot and death were “very unfortunate” but “violence happens everywhere.”

In India, police officers hurled abuse at a transgender woman and told her to “go die” before she was found engulfed in flames.

TBILISI — The Georgian parliament has passed a measure that seeks to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

TBILISI, Georgia — Radical Orthodox Christians and clerics are warning the LGBT community in this eastern European nation that any demonstrations on the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) would be met with even harsher retaliation that marred the event one year ago.

TBILISI, Georgia — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia’s capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.