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Kristen Antoinette Gray, left, walks with her partner Saundra Michelle Alexander, right, to be tested for the coronavirus at a hospital in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Jan. 20, 2021. | Credit: Firdia Lisnawati/AP/Shutterstock
An American travel influencer who spent 2020 in Bali and went viral for a Twitter thread encouraging others to move to the Indonesian island is now being deported, multiple outlets report.
Kristen Gray, a 28-year-old graphic designer, and her girlfriend Saundra Alexander, 30, are, as of Wednesday morning, awaiting a flight back to the United States while in immigration detention, according to the Associated Press. Gray s viral Twitter thread caught the attention of local government, who claim she was carrying out business endeavors in Bali without the correct visa to do so.
As a sexual minority within a conservative religion, LGBT+ Muslims in South Asia are supporting each other on social media platforms in a climate of fear and discrimination.
As a sexual minority within a conservative religion, LGBT+ Muslims in South Asia are supporting each other on social media platforms in a climate of fear and discrimination.
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