Recently I was stopped in the street by a policeman for wearing shorts and a tank top. While you’re probably not going to get killed like in Iran or Saudi Arabia – although it could happen – you can go to prison for years. When it comes to the LGBT community, both agree that we have no rights. I’ll never forget that moment.Įgypt is a religious country: the vast majority are Muslims and around 20% are Christians.
I was like, wow – another RuPaul’s Drag Race fan! It was really funny. He looked at me carefully and then said: ‘Shante, I’ll stay.’ I told him: ‘You know what? Sashay away.’ It’s like an algorithm.įor example, this year I had an argument about the World Cup with a random guy around my age in a cafe.
There are other people like me in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, which is why I choose to live here.
