Rights groups have linked the killing to the new anti-LGBT law, arguing the government's promotion of it had fuelled transphobic hate crime. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who opposed the new law,

In Tbilisi, Georgia, a tragic event unfolded. Transgender model, actress, and influencer Kesaria Abramidze was brutally murdered, according to the Daily Mail. The 37-year-old was fatally stabbed shortly after the Georgian parliament passed an anti-LGBT law.