August 11, 2016
Model Gigi Gorgeous Says She Was Detained in Dubai for Being Trans
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Model Gigi Gorgeous, who has a large social media following, said she was detained at a Dubai airpot for five hours Tuesday because she is transgender, People magazine reports.
Taking to Instagram, the Canadian model said the incident was "one of the scariest moments of her life.
"How you can be denied entry somewhere just because of who you are is seriously disgusting and also very scary. This further proves the need for CHANGE," she wrote to her 2.1 million Instagram followers..
Gigi, 24, told TMZ an immigration official stopped her and allegedly said, "I was told you are transgender. You cannot come into the country."
Gigi rose to fame for being a makeup artist and documenting her transition on YouTube and changed her name to Gigi Loren in 2014. She said her passport has bene updated to reflect the change but the airport police reportedly claimed her photo presented her as a male.
The model said she is now "safe and happy" and on her way to "somewhere much more accepting."
TMZ writes the "imitation of women by men" is illegal in Dubai, which also bans homosexuality.
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