Kesaria Abramidze
Kesaria Abramidze (Georgian: კესარია აბრამიძე; 18 August 1987 – 18 September 2024) was a Georgian blogger, actress and model. She was the first person in the country to publicly admit to being transgender.[1] She was born in Tbilisi, then-Georgian SSR.
Before transitioning, Abramidze's genetic material was frozen outside the country.[2] She announced that she had undergone gender-affirming surgery in 2014.[2]
Abramidze was a guest on several shows, such as in Psychopath Games and Davit Kovziridze's show Zhure Katsat.[3] She took part in the Miss Trans Global beauty pageant and represented Georgia.[4] She later became a television host for Rustavi 2.[5]
Abramidze was stabbed to death on 18 September 2024 at her home near Tbilisi, aged 37.[6] Her death happened one day after the Parliament of Georgia passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill.[7][6] The next day, her ex-boyfriend was arrested at Kutaisi International Airport in connection to Abramidze's murder.[6][8]
Some commentators and politicians connected Abramidze's murder to the new anti-LGBTQ+ law.[8] President Salome Zurabishvili and the UN Human Rights Office both condemned the murder and asked to new laws to protect LGBTQ+ individuals.[9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "კესარია-კესო აბრამიძე". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "კესარია აბრამიძე — "როცა დედობისთვის მზად ვიქნები, დავრეკავ, 9 თვეში შვილი მეყოლება და ჩამომიყვანენ"".
- ↑ "კესარია აბრამიძე". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ "კესარია აბრამიძე მის ტრანს მსოფლიოზე საქართველოს წარადგენს" (in Georgian). 7 March 2018.
- ↑ "კესარია აბრამიძე: ქართველი კაცების უმეტესობამ არ იცის, სად უნდა მოეფეროს ქალს". tbiliselebi.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Asesinan a la transgénero más famosa de Georgia un día después de aprobarse una ley anti LGTBI". El Español (in Spanish). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ "Detienen a un hombre por asesinar a puñaladas a Kesaria Abramidze, la mujer transgénero más famosa de Georgia". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Suspect arrested in ruthless murder of Georgia trans woman". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ Kincha, Shota (19 September 2024). "Heartbreak in Georgia after murder of prominent trans woman". OC Media. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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