Social media influencer is deported from Bali for LGBT haven tweets
SHARE Link American graphic designer Kristen Antoinette Gray, center, her partner Saundra Michelle Alexander, right, and lawyer Erwin Siregar arrive at the local immigration office for questioning, in Denpasar.
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A SOCIAL media influencer who promoted Bali as an LGBT-friendly haven to wait out the pandemic is to be deported from Indonesia.
In a series of viral tweets, American Kristen Gray described how she and her girlfriend, Saundra Alexander, were enjoying a low-cost lifestyle in the tourist paradise since they arrived early last year, describing the island as the perfect medicine for a prolonged escape from the pandemic back home.
[UPDATE: Jan 20] The American woman, Kristen Antoinette Gray, will be deported pending the next available flight, Indonesian authorities said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 19). Her girlfriend, Saundra Michelle Alexander, will be leaving with her. The statement read: “The concerned foreign national is suspected to have done business by selling her e-book and putting up consultation fees on.
American who enthused Bali was queer-friendly being deported
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI The Associated Press,Updated January 19, 2021, 11:34 p.m.
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American graphic designer Kristen Antoinette Gray, center.Firdia Lisnawati/Associated Press
DENPASAR, Indonesia â An American graphic designer is being deported from the Indonesian resort island of Bali over her viral tweets that celebrated it as a low-cost, queer-friendly place for foreigners to live.
Kristen Antoinette Gray arrived in Bali in January 2020 and wound up staying through the coronavirus pandemic. Her posts on Twitter, including comparisons between Bali and Los Angeles and links to buy her e-book, began going viral in Indonesia on Sunday.