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A portrait of Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender actor and model who was stabbed to death, is displayed at a vigil near parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sophiko Megrelidze)

A portrait of Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender actor and model who was stabbed to death, is displayed at a vigil near parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sophiko Megrelidze)

FILE - A Georgian Orthodox Church clergyman attends a celebration of the Day of Family Purity in the conservative country where animosity toward LGBTQ+ people is strong, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)

FILE - A Georgian Orthodox Church clergyman attends a celebration of the Day of Family Purity in the conservative country where animosity toward LGBTQ+ people is strong, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze, File)

FILE - Georgian far right parties and their supporters hold a banner that reads: "No to LGBT darkness," in front of the parliament during a rally against Pride Week in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)

FILE - Georgian far right parties and their supporters hold a banner that reads: "No to LGBT darkness," in front of the parliament during a rally against Pride Week in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov, File)