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.

Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday approved the third and final reading of a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would impose sweeping curbs on LGBT rights.

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,

Kesaria Abramidze, a 37-year-old influencer, actress, and model, known for being an activist and openly discussing her transgender identity, was found murdered in her home. This occurred a day after Georgia's Parliament passed a controversial law against the promotion of homosexual relations,

Just a day after Georgia passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ law, prominent trans woman and TV personality Kesaria Abramidze was brutally murdered in her home, leaving the LGBTQ community in deep mourning.