In her funeral held in Toronto, Egyptian LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi, was fondly remembered a hero. [36][39], The Canadian socialist magazine Spring published an obituary to Hegazi with Valerie Lannon writing: "I remember her saying 'I never felt so alive as during the revolution.' [28] According to the Egyptian government, the law was updated to address modern developments and to stop the internet and social media users from encouraging vice and the practice of prostitution. That is what hate does to the body.”, A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world. She said her interrogator at times compared homosexuality to communism and demanded evidence from the World Health Organization that her sexual orientation was not a disease. "She was fighting a lot, but she just lost her energy," Alaa said, adding that continuing her work is "the only thing we can do. [1][2] She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months[3] after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo. [24] She was also threatened that her mother would be harmed if she told anyone. Sarah Hegazi (Arabic: سارة حجازي‎; 1989 – 14 June 2020), also spelled Hegazy or Higazy, was an Egyptian socialist, writer, and lesbian activist. ", Canada Suicide Prevention Service: 1-833-456-4566 (phone) | 45645 (text) | http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/ (chat), In Quebec (French): Association québécoise de prévention du suicide: 1-866-APPELLE (1-866-277-3553), Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (phone), Live Chat counselling at www.kidshelpphone.ca, Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: Find a 24-hour crisis centre, LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi, exiled in Canada after torture in Egypt, dead at 30, NZ's next parliament will be most diverse ever, Egypt Says Another Trove Of Ancient Coffins Found In Saqqara, 'Sex has always been taboo': but these TV shows get it right, according to experts, Joe Biden's support for LGBTQ rights is no joke, whatever 'Saturday Night Live' says, ‘I turned everything around.’ After tough start, he found a way to help LGBTQ communities, With just days to go in the campaign, Trump knocks environmentally friendly toilets, Flathead Lake Sees Dusting of Snow as Winter Weather Hits Montana, Yahoo News/YouGov poll: The tide turns against Trump as Biden surges to his largest-ever lead among likely voters, Britney Spears Shares Her Beach Day Essentials While Posing in Snakeskin-Print String Bikini. "[31][32] Her death was reported across a range of international news outlets, with tributes to her activism a recurring theme.

But doing so would require shaking off the trauma of her imprisonment, which she described as a near-insurmountable task. "But no, I'm still stuck in prison.". “I lost the ability to make eye contact with people,” she wrote. [33][34][35] Hamed Sinno, the frontman of the Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila shared a tribute on his Facebook profile to Hegazi which read "لروحك الحرية", or "Freedom for your soul". You are beautiful. Once she was in police custody, she said, the violence began. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11], Hegazi was born 1989 to an Egyptian conservative middle-class family; she is the eldest of four siblings.


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