Georgia’s parliament passed a package of anti-LGBTQ laws on Sept. 17 in its third reading. The bills will still need to be signed by pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili to become law — but a veto by the president can still be overcome by a subsequent vote in parliament. The package of laws, based around a core bill entitled “On Protection of Family Values and Minors,” was first proposed in March by Mamuka Mdinaradze, the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party’s faction in parliament. It mirrors similar moves in Russia, particularly a decision by Russia’s Supreme Court in November 202…