Californian who tweeted about Bali being queer-friendly gets deported Share Updated: 11:56 AM PST Jan 20, 2021
Californian who tweeted about Bali being queer-friendly gets deported Share Updated: 11:56 AM PST Jan 20, 2021
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Kristen Gray and Saundra Alexander. (YouTube/Love Saundra)
Kristen Antoinette Gray will be deported from Bali, Indonesia, after promoting the island as a cheap, LGBT-friendly destination for people to relocate to in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Travel influencer and California native Kristen Gray and her girlfriend Saundra Alexander moved to the south-east Asian country in 2019 as so-called “digital nomads” after booking one-way flights.
But a backlash brewed after Gray promoted the pair’s $30 e-book,
Our Bali Life Is Yours, in a Twitter thread posted Saturday (16 January).
She deemed the island “queer-friendly”, among tweets boasting she is enjoying an “elevated lifestyle” and offering travel advice to foreigners,
Bali deports American expat for praising Queer-friendly culture
20 Jan, 2021 08:20 PM
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American graphic designer Kristen Antoinette Gray, center, escorted by her lawyer on Bali. Photo, Firdia Lisnawati, AP
American graphic designer Kristen Antoinette Gray, center, escorted by her lawyer on Bali. Photo, Firdia Lisnawati, AP
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By: Firdia Lisnawati
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.
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