Georgia trans woman sets herself on fire to protest lack of support during COVID-19
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metroweekly.comThe woman before she was arrested by police and taken to hospital A transgender woman set herself on fire in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in protest over a lack of support for trans sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Madona Kiparoidze was with other trans sex workers outside Tbilisi’s city hall on April 30, protesting stay-at-home measures — including a nighttime curfew — that have prevented the women from earning money, Reuters reports.
In footage captured by local media, Kiparoidze was seen running down a street with her jacket on fire, as police chased her.
She was stripped of her jacket and subsequently arrested. After being detained, she shouted: “I am a transgender woman and I’m setting myself ablaze because the Georgian
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