‘We Will Not Allow This’ - Morgoshia Tbilisi Threatens the Announced Pride Festival
By The Messenger Staff
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Koka Morgoshia, one of the founders of the pro-Russian, pro-Putin, violent organization Alt-Info, is threatening to disrupt the festival announced by the Tbilisi Pride and says it will ‘not be allowed’.
"June 28 - July 2 event was announced, here are two events. There are two events, one is a stone movie screening indoors. I do not think anyone watching a movie indoors is interesting for us. The second is meeting with NGOs, Eugene meets each other every day and already Total Prides have during the meeting.
The third is the festival. They have known since July 5 that they can not hold Pride, have a bad experience, and have come up with a great location, a private property, which is about 5 hectares, to hold the festival.
"Obviously, the Georgian people, including us as a part of the Georgian people and the political force representing the vast majority of these people, we will not allow this," Morgoshia said.
According to Tbilisi Pride, this year Pride Week will be from June 28 to July 2, but will not be held in the March of Honor.
According to the organization, the week consists of three main events:
Screening of a new Georgian stone film. The story of homophobia, struggle, and survival is narrated on a movie screen.
A regional conference where LGBTQ activists from Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Belarus will gather to discuss common geopolitical struggles.
A grand Pride Festival that brings together local and international artists.
Last year, the March of Honor was to be held on July 5, but before that, Rustaveli Avenue was occupied by violent groups. They physically assaulted journalists, cameramen, and passers-by.
On July 5, more than 50 media representatives were injured, including TV First cameraman Lekso Lashkarava, who died on July 11.
