Kesaria Abramidze, a prominent Georgian transgender model, was found murdered in her Tbilisi apartment, just one day after Georgian lawmakers passed a law widely seen as anti-LGBTQ+. A 26-year-old man believed to be Abramidze’s boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
Trigger warning: transphobia, hate crime, murder – Georgia’s interior ministry said that Abramidze was believed to have been stabbed to death in her apartment in suburban Tbilisi on September 18, The Guardian reported on September 19.
Abramidze’s former partner, 26-year-old Beka Jaiani, was subsequently arrested and charged with her murder, OC Media reported on September 23.
