American to be deported over tweets

Feeling the heat: Gray (left) with her partner being escorted to a hospital to get tested for Covid-19 in Denpasar, Bali. — AP

DENPASAR: An American woman and self-described digital nomad will be deported from Indonesia after posting tweets that sparked a social media backlash over perceived western privilege and lack of cultural awareness, after she said Bali was “LGBT-friendly”.

Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation and its LGBT community has for years faced discrimination and sometimes violent attacks.