Sameba cathedral looms over Tbilisi, Georgia.

Transgender Georgians are being left to die

Sean Williams
16 min readSep 28, 2017

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Georgia is the world’s third-most homophobic nation. Caught between culture, religion and geopolitics, its transgender community is being left to suffer increasing levels of abuse. And for some, death.

Velistsikhe is a small, quiet village about two hours from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is plain and remote, and in colder months, when snow and rain sweep south from the Dagestani…

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Sean Williams

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