This Trans Woman Influencer In Georgia Has Been Murdered A Day After Parliament Passed Controversial Anti-LGBTQ Bill
Kesaria Abramidze, an influencer and model with more than half a million followers on Instagram, was stabbed to death in her home in Tbilisi.
This trans woman influencer in Georgia was murdered a day after the government passed an anti-LGBTQ law.
Kesaria Abramidze, an influencer and model with more than half a million followers on Instagram, was stabbed to death in her home in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The 37-year-old was one of the first openly trans public figures in Georgia and has represented her country in international beauty pageants, so her death has come as a huge shock.
Her murder comes just one day after the parliament unanimously passed a major anti-LGBTQ law.
The law bans gender-affirming surgeries, same-sex people from adopting children and promoting same-sex relationships in schools.
Meanwhile, the ruling Georgian Dream party has said the law will “protect family values and minors”.
While local media reports that a 26-year-old man has been arrested, the motive behind the attack has not yet been confirmed.
Rights groups say the new law has fueled hatred and discrimination against LGBTQ people and have called authorities to investigate whether Abramidze was murdered because she was trans.
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