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# Actress and influencer Kesaria Abramidzem, the first person in Georgia to publicly come out as trans, is “stabbed to death” in “premeditated attack”
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/actress-and-influencer-kesaria-abramidzem-the-first-person-in-georgia-to-publicly-come-out-as-trans-is-stabbed-to-death-in-premeditated-attack/
- Published: 2024-09-20T11:51:36.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-20T11:51:36.000Z
- Description: A man has been arrested after Kesaria Abramidze, 37, a Georgian trans model and prominent public figure, was stabbed to death in her apartment in a “premeditated” attack, amid criticism of a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights. The actress and influencer was killed in a knife attack on Wednesday,
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Georgia, LGBTQ, Trans, Trans Rights

A man has been arrested after **Kesaria Abramidze**, 37, a Georgian trans model and prominent public figure, was stabbed to death in her apartment in a “premeditated” attack, amid criticism of a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights.

The actress and influencer was killed in a knife attack on **Wednesday, September 18**, a day after a bill supporting “family values” passed its final reading. The law has been compared to Russia’s “gay propaganda” law and criticised by the **European Union** and rights groups as stigmatising LGBTQ+ people.

Abramidze was the first person in Georgia to publicly come out as trans. She represented the country at the **Miss Trans Star International** contest in 2018 and had more than 500,000 followers on Instagram.

The **Ministry of Internal Affairs** said on **Thursday, September 19** that she suffered “multiple stab wounds” and it was investigating a “premeditated murder committed with particular cruelty and aggravating circumstances on gender grounds”.

LGBTQ+ communities in Georgia, where the conservative Orthodox Church is highly influential, are under threat after Georgian lawmakers approved the final reading of a law on “family values and the protection of minors” that would provide a legal basis for authorities to outlaw Pride events and public displays of the LGBTQ+ rainbow flag, and to impose censorship of films and books.

**Tamara Jakeli**, director of campaign group **Tbilisi Pride**, said the bill, which also restates an existing ban on same-sex marriage and bans gender reassignment surgery, would likely force her organisation to close its doors.

“This law is the most terrible thing to happen to the LGBTQ+ community in Georgia,” Jakeli said. “We will most likely have to shut down. There is no way for us to continue functioning.”

LGBTQ+ rights are a fraught topic in Georgia, where polls show broad disapproval of same-sex relationships, and the constitution bans same-sex marriage. In recent years, participants in Tbilisi’s annual Pride marches have come under physical attack by anti-LGBTQ+ protesters.