A transgender model and popular influencer in the nation of Georgia was stabbed to death in her apartment in a “premeditated” attack, according to authorities, a day after Parliament passed a sweeping bill aimed at erasing LGBTQ+ identity in the former Soviet republic.

One of Georgia's most well-known transgender women has been killed in her home, a day after the country's parliament passed a major anti-LGBT bill. Local officials say Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was stabbed to death in her flat in the capital, Tbilisi, on Wednesday.

Though the reasons behind the murder of Abramidze are yet to be figured out, Georgian civil societies have started raising their voices against it, connecting it with state campaigns against minorities in the country.

Kesaria Abramidze, 37, was allegedly killed by her 26-year-old boyfriend Beka Jaiani over a social media post the former shared disclosing their relationship.

A well-known Georgian transgender woman was stabbed to death in her apartment on Wednesday, authorities said, in a “premeditated” attack that came amid criticism of a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights.

Abramidze’s killing comes just a day after the Georgian parliament passed its anti-LGBTQ+ law, despite strong warnings from the European Union that it would harm Georgia’s EU accession. Zourabichvili had opposed the legislation, dubbing it a “Russian law” designed to “divide society.”

Kesaria Abramidze, a renowned Georgian transgender model, was discovered murdered in her Tbilisi apartment shortly after the government enacted a cont

Kesaria Abramidze, a renowned trans model and public figure, was murdered in a knife attack at her apartment in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on the night of Wednesday, 18. Investigators are treating the case as premeditated murder with special cruelty based on gender,