Transgender woman's throat slashed in Tbilisi, Georgia, suspect arrested

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  On the night of November 1, 2021, a 38-year-old transwoman by the name of A.G. was murdered in a Thai massage salon in Tbilisi, Georgia. 

The suspect stabbed her in her throat after she refused to provide services not offered by the business.

Employees of the center recall the incident in detail. They recount that a confrontation took place between the massage specialist and the customer after the customer requested additional services in addition to the massage, which he was refused.

 "Everything happened very quickly, someone knocked, the girl opened it, then a man stabbed her in the throat. We did not know this man before, we had not seen him. It happened, we know nothing more. The dead girl had no problem with anyone, she was a very good person." - said one of the employees of the center.

🏳️‍⚧️❌🇬🇪On the night of November 1, #transwoman was murdered in Thai massage salon in #Tbilisi of #Georgia, another #trans was lightly injured
Conservatively oriented #Georgian citizen cut #transgender's throat with knife because he wasn't informed about transgenderness of employee pic.twitter.com/Efxf11kxmf

— Azerbaijani Community of Georgia 🇦🇿🇬🇪 (@AzerCommunity) November 2, 2021

Photo / Front News 

Front News reports that Georgian police have arrested 23-year-old man for stabbing a 38-year-old Thai transgender woman in one of the massage centres in central Tbilisi on Sunday and for injuring another transgender woman in the same centre. 

 The detainee, who is allegedly a citizen of Georgia, has been charged with premeditated murder and may face 7 to 15 years in prsion if found guilty.

The massage centre employees say that the citizen of Thailand arrived in Georgia two weeks ago. They said that three individuals came to the centre on October 31 and left after some time. However, one of them, who allegedly was denied to receive a particular service, returned with a knife and stabbed two employees of the centre.

The health condition of another injured transgender woman is stable.

No Arrests Made for Transgender 7-Eleven clerk beaten near OSU Campus

 

Charlotte Osieczanek / gofundme page

Transgender woman Charlotte Osieczanek was severely beaten Sunday at a 7-Eleven where she works overnight in Corvallis, Oregon. 

Update: Three Men Arrested For the Beating of a Corvallis Transgender woman

Three men attacked her in the early hours on Oct. 24 at the 7-Eleven in the 700 block of NW Kings Boulevard, just a mile from the OSU campus.

 
In a statement on Twitter, university officials said, “OSU takes seriously reports of violence against a Corvallis community member and condemns violence of any kind. We will assist CPD investigation and confirm any student engagement.”

OSU takes seriously reports of violence against a Corvallis community member and condemns violence of any kind. We will assist CPD investigation and confirm any student engagement.

— Oregon State University (@OregonState) October 29, 2021

Corvallis Police Department told KEZI 11 News on the 29th that it is not sharing any additional details at this time as it is an open investigation.

No arrests have been made according to the Corvallis Police Blotter even though the alleged assailants are believed to be students from Oregon State University.

Corvallis Gazette-Times: Corvallis police investigating assault, may involve OSU students

A gofundme page started on the 27th by her friend Matt Keuneke has raised over $10,000 dollars so far to help pay for her hospital stay. 

 Keuneke wrote "The men who attacked her spewed hateful transphobic and queerphobic rhetoric throughout the attack. She was severely injured and taken to the hospital for two nights to treat two broken orbital bones around each eye and a fractured shoulder." 

 One contributor wrote "My niece worked with Charlotte and thinks she is a wonderful person. I can't express my frustration that she was attacked for being who she is. Our society needs to be better than this." 

 Another wrote "I met Charlotte when my daughter and she worked together at a previous job in retail. Charlotte is so kind and competent, and my daughter enjoyed having her as a manager. My heart hurts that she experienced this horrific brutality. There are so many more of us who love and care than fear and hate."

Charlotte Osieczanek posted an update Sunday to her gofundme page:

" Happy Halloween to you all! Wanted to give a little update on what I can! Firstly there are no words in the English language that can convey my gratitude that Corvallis and all of you have shown me. This is humbling beyond belief and so very thankful that there are people that care about me and the LGBTQ+ community! As such I also encourage you to donate also to the Queer center here in Corvallis or your own favorite LGBTQ+ organization! I'm very lucky to have the support I do but there are plenty of others that are suffering that need help as well! :)

 A quick update on how I'm doing as well; doing a lot better, been resting a lot, sleeping 14hrs at time and laying low as to make sure the investigation is handled properly!

 Complete diagnosis is Fractured nose, both orbital floors fractured, fractured sinus wall on the inside of my skull, fractured shoulder, bruised ribs, and bruises a few places as well as severely bruised knees with abrasions all over! And the cherry to top it all of is that I did test COVID positive while in the ER, but I am asymptomatic, vaccinated, and everyone that I was in close proximity has tested negative! But using it as extra time to be safe, rest and recoup before life gets busy!

 Thank you all again for your support and will update more when I can! I love you all more than you know and together when we make this world a better place for every human of every walk of life!"