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Photo Story: On 17 May, Values Clash

Participants of the anti-homophobia rally holding a rainbow flag and a poster reading "No to Homophobia, Transphobia and Fascism." Photo: Eana Korbezashvili/Civil.ge

On 17 May, Tbilisites were to make their choice in predominant values: either they marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), or walked in solidarity with mostly religious and conservative Georgians who celebrated the Day of Family Sanctity, slated by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 2014 to coincide and contrast with IDAHOT. Many of those who stayed home, engaged in online acts of solidarity in social media.