Now Gigi is speaking out about her terrifying ordeal, and it turns out President Obama is to thank for her newfound freedom. Come thruuuu, Barack!
“It absolutely disgusts me that this kind of discrimination still goes on,” she begins. According to her vlog, after getting off a long-ass flight to Dubai, she and her bodyguard were stopped by an airport official — who she says recognised her and knew that she was transgender.
“He looks at my passport, and suddenly he has all these questions. Where are you coming from, why are you coming here. So we go to this side room where we sat outside while they had my passport for two hours.”
Even though Dubai has a reputation for being a cosmopolitan city, it’s treatment of non-cis, non-hetero people is extremely backwards. “The impersonation of women by men,” is an offense punishable by a year in prison. Homosexuality is literally illegal — in 2012, a British man was jailed for being gay.
“This just proves that people like me are not welcome here. I took all the precautions, and still, because someone knows I’m transgender… this is really, really scary. If I didn’t have all these people here, would I be in a holding cell? It’s petrifying.”
title: “Gigi Gorgeous Safely Flees Dubai Thanks To The White House” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-17” author: “Donald Ramirez”
Now Gigi is speaking out about her terrifying ordeal, and it turns out President Obama is to thank for her newfound freedom. Come thruuuu, Barack!
“It absolutely disgusts me that this kind of discrimination still goes on,” she begins. According to her vlog, after getting off a long-ass flight to Dubai, she and her bodyguard were stopped by an airport official — who she says recognised her and knew that she was transgender.
“He looks at my passport, and suddenly he has all these questions. Where are you coming from, why are you coming here. So we go to this side room where we sat outside while they had my passport for two hours.”
Even though Dubai has a reputation for being a cosmopolitan city, it’s treatment of non-cis, non-hetero people is extremely backwards. “The impersonation of women by men,” is an offense punishable by a year in prison. Homosexuality is literally illegal — in 2012, a British man was jailed for being gay.
“This just proves that people like me are not welcome here. I took all the precautions, and still, because someone knows I’m transgender… this is really, really scary. If I didn’t have all these people here, would I be in a holding cell? It’s petrifying.”
title: “Gigi Gorgeous Safely Flees Dubai Thanks To The White House” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-13” author: “Annette Thomas”
Now Gigi is speaking out about her terrifying ordeal, and it turns out President Obama is to thank for her newfound freedom. Come thruuuu, Barack!
“It absolutely disgusts me that this kind of discrimination still goes on,” she begins. According to her vlog, after getting off a long-ass flight to Dubai, she and her bodyguard were stopped by an airport official — who she says recognised her and knew that she was transgender.
“He looks at my passport, and suddenly he has all these questions. Where are you coming from, why are you coming here. So we go to this side room where we sat outside while they had my passport for two hours.”
Even though Dubai has a reputation for being a cosmopolitan city, it’s treatment of non-cis, non-hetero people is extremely backwards. “The impersonation of women by men,” is an offense punishable by a year in prison. Homosexuality is literally illegal — in 2012, a British man was jailed for being gay.
“This just proves that people like me are not welcome here. I took all the precautions, and still, because someone knows I’m transgender… this is really, really scary. If I didn’t have all these people here, would I be in a holding cell? It’s petrifying.”
