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| birth_name = Keso Abramidze
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'''Kesaria Abramidze''' ({{lang-ka|კესარია აბრამიძე}}; 18 August 1987 – 18 September 2024) was a Georgian blogger, actor and model. He was the first person in the country to publicly admit to being [[transgender]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intermedia.ge/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90/20402-%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94/134/user:%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D-%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94:show:channel|title=კესარია-კესო აბრამიძე|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=intermedia.ge|language=ka}}</ref>
'''Kesaria Abramidze''' ({{lang-ka|კესარია აბრამიძე}}; 18 August 1987 – 18 September 2024) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[blog]]ger, [[actress]], and [[Model (person)|model]]. She was the first openly [[transgender]] person in the country to make an appearance on national television. She is widely considered a trailblazer for Georgia’s trans rights.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/19/georgia-trans-model-kesaria-abramidze-murdered-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-law|title=Georgian trans model murdered after parliament passes 'anti-LGBTQ+' law|accessdate=27 September 2024|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 September 2024 |language=en |last1=Sauer |first1=Pjotr }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Personal life==
Abramidze was born in [[Tbilisi]] on 18 August 1987.<ref name="rfrel">{{Cite news|title=„სახლში რამდენჯერმე მიუვარდა“ - რას ჰყვება მოკლული კესარია აბრამიძის მეგობარი ბრალდებულზე|url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33126267.html|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=19 September 2024}}</ref>
Abramidze was born in [[Tbilisi]] on 18 August 1987.<ref name="rfrel">{{Cite news|title="სახლში რამდენჯერმე მიუვარდა" – რას ჰყვება მოკლული კესარია აბრამიძის მეგობარი ბრალდებულზე|url=https://www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33126267.html|work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|accessdate=22 September 2024|date=19 September 2024 |language=ka}}</ref> Before transitioning, Abramidze's [[Cryopreservation|genetic material was frozen]] outside the country.<ref name="FMA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fmabkhazia.com/news/10107-kesaria-abramidze-roca-dedobisthvis-mzad-vikhnebi-davrekav-9-thveshi-shvili-meqoleba-da-chamomiqvanen.html|title=კესარია აბრამიძე — "როცა დედობისთვის მზად ვიქნები, დავრეკავ, 9 თვეში შვილი მეყოლება და ჩამომიყვანენ"|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=fmabkhazia.com|language=ka}}</ref> She announced that she had undergone [[Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female)|gender-affirming surgery]] in 2014, appearing the following year in an underwear advertisement.<ref name="FMA" />


==Career==
Before "transitioning", Abramidze's [[Cryopreservation|genetic material was frozen]] outside the country.<ref name="FMA">{{cite web|url=https://www.fmabkhazia.com/news/10107-kesaria-abramidze-roca-dedobisthvis-mzad-vikhnebi-davrekav-9-thveshi-shvili-meqoleba-da-chamomiqvanen.html|title=კესარია აბრამიძე — "როცა დედობისთვის მზად ვიქნები, დავრეკავ, 9 თვეში შვილი მეყოლება და ჩამომიყვანენ"}}</ref> He announced that he had undergone [[Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female)|gender-affirming surgery]] in 2014, appearing the following year in an underwear advertisement.<ref name="FMA"/>
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Abramidze was a guest on several shows, including the television series ''Psychopath Games'' and Davit Kovziridze's show ''Zhure Katsat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intermedia.ge/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90/134471-%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94/127/|title=კესარია აბრამიძე|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=intermedia.ge|language=ka}}</ref> Abramidze participated in the [[Miss Trans Global]] beauty pageant and represented Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imedinews.ge/ge/tabloidi/51723/kesaria-abramidze-mis-trans-msoplioze-saqartvelos-tsaradgens|title=კესარია აბრამიძე მის ტრანს მსოფლიოზე საქართველოს წარადგენს|date=7 March 2018|language=ka}}</ref> He later became the host of First House on [[Rustavi 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tbiliselebi.ge/ka/news/show-business/kesaria-abramidze-kartveli-katsebis-umetesobam-anatomia-ar-itsis-ar-itsis-sad-unda-moepheros-kals|title=კესარია აბრამიძე: ქართველი კაცების უმეტესობამ არ იცის, სად უნდა მოეფეროს ქალს|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=tbiliselebi.ge|language=ka}}</ref> He became an [[influencer]] and had over half a milion followers in Instagram.<ref name=bbc />
Abramidze was a guest on several shows, including the television series ''Psychopath Games'' and Davit Kovziridze's show ''Zhure Katsat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://intermedia.ge/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%90/134471-%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90-%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94/127/|title=კესარია აბრამიძე|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=intermedia.ge|language=ka}}</ref> Abramidze participated in the [[Miss Trans Global]] beauty pageant and represented Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imedinews.ge/ge/tabloidi/51723/kesaria-abramidze-mis-trans-msoplioze-saqartvelos-tsaradgens|title=კესარია აბრამიძე მის ტრანს მსოფლიოზე საქართველოს წარადგენს |accessdate=19 September 2024 |date=7 March 2018 |website=imedinews.ge |language=ka}}</ref> She later became the host of ''First House'' on [[Rustavi 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tbiliselebi.ge/ka/news/show-business/kesaria-abramidze-kartveli-katsebis-umetesobam-anatomia-ar-itsis-ar-itsis-sad-unda-moepheros-kals|title=კესარია აბრამიძე: ქართველი კაცების უმეტესობამ არ იცის, სად უნდა მოეფეროს ქალს|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=16 May 2022|website=tbiliselebi.ge|language=ka}}</ref> She became an [[influencer]] and had over half a million followers on Instagram.<ref name=bbc />


==Murder==
==Murder==
Abramidze was found murdered on 18 September 2024 at his home on the outskirts of [[Tbilisi]], just one day after the [[Parliament of Georgia]] passed the [[Georgian LGBT propaganda bill]]. He was 37.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/09/19/66ebec91fc6c832e5d8b4585.html|title=Detienen a un hombre por asesinar a puñaladas a Kesaria Abramidze, la mujer transgénero más famosa de Georgia|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=ELMUNDO|language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/europa/20240919/asesinan-transgenero-famosa-georgia-dia-despues-aprobarse-ley-anti-lgtbi/887161823_0.html|title=Asesinan a la transgénero más famosa de Georgia un día después de aprobarse una ley anti LGTBI|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=El Español|language=es}}</ref> [[Michael Roth (politician)|Michael Roth]], the chairman of [[Bundestag]]'s Committee on International Relations, directly connected Abramidze's murder to the new anti-LGBTQ+ law and Social Justice Center stated that "political homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia have become central to the government’s official discourse and ideology".<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0lnpn019xo|title=Trans woman killed in Georgia day after anti-LGBT law passed|work=[[BBC News]]|first=Frances|last=Mao|date=20 September 2024]]</ref><ref name="advocate"/> The murder caused shock in the country and was condemned by the Georgian attorney general, [[Levan Ioseliani]]; the country's president, [[Salome Zourabichvili]], who proposed that it should be a wake-up call for society as a whole and murder should not go unpunished, and by the spokesperson for the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|UN Human Rights Office]].<ref name=bbc /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oc-media.org/georgian-queer-community-in-mourning-after-murder-of-prominent-trans-woman/|title=Heartbreak in Georgia after murder of prominent trans man|accessdate=19 September 2024|last=Kincha|first=Shota|date=19 September 2024|website=OC Media}}</ref><ref name="advocate">{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/crime/georgia-trans-woman-murder-kesaria-abramidze|title=Suspect arrested in ruthless murder of Georgia trans man|accessdate=19 September 2024|website=www.advocate.com}}</ref>
Abramidze was found murdered on 18 September 2024 at her home on the outskirts of [[Tbilisi]], just one day after the [[Parliament of Georgia]] passed the [[Georgian LGBT propaganda bill]]. She was 37.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2024/09/19/66ebec91fc6c832e5d8b4585.html|title=Detienen a un hombre por asesinar a puñaladas a Kesaria Abramidze, la mujer transgénero más famosa de Georgia|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=ELMUNDO|language=es}}</ref><ref name="El-Espanol-2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/europa/20240919/asesinan-transgenero-famosa-georgia-dia-despues-aprobarse-ley-anti-lgtbi/887161823_0.html|title=Asesinan a la transgénero más famosa de Georgia un día después de aprobarse una ley anti LGTBI|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=El Español|language=es}}</ref> [[Michael Roth (politician)|Michael Roth]], the chairman of [[Bundestag]]'s Committee on International Relations, directly connected Abramidze's murder to the new anti-LGBTQ+ law and Social Justice Center stated that "political homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia have become central to the government's official discourse and ideology".<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0lnpn019xo|title=Trans woman killed in Georgia day after anti-LGBT law passed|work=[[BBC News]]|first=Frances|last=Mao|accessdate=23 September 2024|date=20 September 2024}}</ref><ref name="advocate"/> The murder caused shock in the country and was condemned by the Georgian ombudsman, [[Levan Ioseliani]]; the country's president, [[Salome Zourabichvili]], who proposed that it should be a wake-up call for society as a whole and murder should not go unpunished; and by the spokesperson for the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|UN Human Rights Office]].<ref name=bbc /><ref name="advocate">{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Adamczeki |url=https://www.advocate.com/crime/georgia-trans-woman-murder-kesaria-abramidze|title=Suspect arrested in ruthless murder of Georgia trans woman |date=19 September 2024 |accessdate=19 September 2024|website=[[The Advocate (magazine)|The Advocate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oc-media.org/georgian-queer-community-in-mourning-after-murder-of-prominent-trans-woman/|title=Heartbreak in Georgia after murder of prominent trans woman|accessdate=19 September 2024|last=Kincha|first=Shota|date=19 September 2024|website=[[OC Media]]}}</ref>

The next day, a 26-year-old person was arrested at [[Kutaisi International Airport]], who was allegedly in a relationship with the model and had previously threatened him.<ref name=":0" /> In a post in April of that same year, Abramidze had already reported both physical and psychological abuse by her partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://civil.ge/archives/625200|title=Murder of Famous Georgian Transwoman Sparks Outcry Amid Anti-LGBT Legislation Adoption|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=Civil Georgia}}</ref>


His civil funeral took place on 22 September 2024 and was attended by Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili.<ref>[https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/133491-the-president-attends-to-the-civil-funeral-of-kesaria-abramidze/ The President attends to the civil funeral of Kesaria Abramidze]</ref>
The next day, a 26-year-old person was arrested at [[Kutaisi International Airport]], who was allegedly in a relationship with the model and had previously threatened her.<ref name="El-Espanol-2024" /> In a post in April of that same year, Abramidze had already reported both physical and psychological abuse by her partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://civil.ge/archives/625200|title=Murder of Famous Georgian Transwoman Sparks Outcry Amid Anti-LGBT Legislation Adoption|accessdate=19 September 2024|date=19 September 2024|website=[[Civil Georgia]]}}</ref> Her civil funeral took place on 22 September 2024 and was attended by President Zourabichvili.<ref>{{cite news |title=The President attends to the civil funeral of Kesaria Abramidze |url=https://www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/133491-the-president-attends-to-the-civil-funeral-of-kesaria-abramidze/ |access-date=23 September 2024 |work=interpressnews.ge |date=22 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 15:33, 12 October 2024

Kesaria Abramidze
კესარია აბრამიძე
Abramidze in 2020
Born(1987-08-18)18 August 1987
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR
Died18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 37)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Cause of deathMurder by stabbing
Occupations
  • Blogger
  • actress
  • model

Kesaria Abramidze (Georgian: კესარია აბრამიძე; 18 August 1987 – 18 September 2024) was a Georgian blogger, actress, and model. She was the first openly transgender person in the country to make an appearance on national television. She is widely considered a trailblazer for Georgia’s trans rights.[1]

Personal life

[edit]

Abramidze was born in Tbilisi on 18 August 1987.[2] Before transitioning, Abramidze's genetic material was frozen outside the country.[3] She announced that she had undergone gender-affirming surgery in 2014, appearing the following year in an underwear advertisement.[3]

Career

[edit]

Abramidze was a guest on several shows, including the television series Psychopath Games and Davit Kovziridze's show Zhure Katsat.[4] Abramidze participated in the Miss Trans Global beauty pageant and represented Georgia.[5] She later became the host of First House on Rustavi 2.[6] She became an influencer and had over half a million followers on Instagram.[7]

Murder

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Abramidze was found murdered on 18 September 2024 at her home on the outskirts of Tbilisi, just one day after the Parliament of Georgia passed the Georgian LGBT propaganda bill. She was 37.[8][9] Michael Roth, the chairman of Bundestag's Committee on International Relations, directly connected Abramidze's murder to the new anti-LGBTQ+ law and Social Justice Center stated that "political homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia have become central to the government's official discourse and ideology".[7][10] The murder caused shock in the country and was condemned by the Georgian ombudsman, Levan Ioseliani; the country's president, Salome Zourabichvili, who proposed that it should be a wake-up call for society as a whole and murder should not go unpunished; and by the spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office.[7][10][11]

The next day, a 26-year-old person was arrested at Kutaisi International Airport, who was allegedly in a relationship with the model and had previously threatened her.[9] In a post in April of that same year, Abramidze had already reported both physical and psychological abuse by her partner.[12] Her civil funeral took place on 22 September 2024 and was attended by President Zourabichvili.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (19 September 2024). "Georgian trans model murdered after parliament passes 'anti-LGBTQ+' law". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ ""სახლში რამდენჯერმე მიუვარდა" – რას ჰყვება მოკლული კესარია აბრამიძის მეგობარი ბრალდებულზე". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (in Georgian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "კესარია აბრამიძე — "როცა დედობისთვის მზად ვიქნები, დავრეკავ, 9 თვეში შვილი მეყოლება და ჩამომიყვანენ"". fmabkhazia.com (in Georgian). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  4. ^ "კესარია აბრამიძე". intermedia.ge (in Georgian). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  5. ^ "კესარია აბრამიძე მის ტრანს მსოფლიოზე საქართველოს წარადგენს". imedinews.ge (in Georgian). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ^ "კესარია აბრამიძე: ქართველი კაცების უმეტესობამ არ იცის, სად უნდა მოეფეროს ქალს". tbiliselebi.ge (in Georgian). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Mao, Frances (20 September 2024). "Trans woman killed in Georgia day after anti-LGBT law passed". BBC News. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ a b "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.
  10. ^ a b Adamczeki, Ryan (19 September 2024). "Suspect arrested in ruthless murder of Georgia trans woman". The Advocate. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  11. ^ Kincha, Shota (19 September 2024). "Heartbreak in Georgia after murder of prominent trans woman". OC Media. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Murder of Famous Georgian Transwoman Sparks Outcry Amid Anti-LGBT Legislation Adoption". Civil Georgia. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  13. ^ "The President attends to the civil funeral of Kesaria Abramidze". interpressnews.ge. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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