An American influencer and her girlfriend are being deported from Bali, Indonesia, following widespread backlash to a viral Twitter thread that detailed their stay and encouraged others to follow. Among other grievances, critics have called out the tweets for spreading dangerous disinformation about the countryâs attitude and policies toward LGBTQ+ people. Kristen Gray and her girlfriend, Saundra, traveled to Bali in December 2019, just before COVID-19 was discovered in circulation and declared a pandemic. The couple had arrived with one-way tickets, planning a six-month trip, but decided to stay on as lockdowns first cascaded around the globe. Gray, who works as a graphic designer, dubbed herself a âdigital nomadâ in the since-deleted thread, which began, âMoving out of America in my 20s has been a game changer.â Gray went on to describe a quality of life in Bali that would be enviable to nearly anyone, but perhaps especially during a global health crisis and historic economic crash.