Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili refused to sign the bill, but her veto was overridden by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili had refused to sign the bill and returned it to parliament on Wednesday. It was introduced by the governing Georgian Dream party and approved by lawmakers last month.

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.