Shota Kincha is a journalist who works for OC Media, a Caucasus-focused online media outlet. He is responsible for reporting on Georgia.
Shota was involved in queer activism in the early 2010s but later became increasingly critical of mainstream LGBTQI+ activism strategies.
Shota Kincha was an independent blogger, freelance researcher, and invited lecturer at Tbilisi State University and Ilia State University before joining the Social Justice Centre, a Tbilisi-based human rights group and an ally of Georgia's queer community that helped raise awareness of queer rights among Georgians.
Shota holds a Master’s degree in Nationalism Studies from the University of Edinburgh and is interested in the intersection of gender and sexuality with Georgia's far-right groups. He closely monitors local ultra-conservative movements within the context of a broader, international 'anti-gender' perspective, particularly the Western influences on Georgian anti-equality movements.
