{"id":45156,"date":"2023-07-27T22:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/visiting-egypt-as-a-transgender-traveller\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T22:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T22:05:57","slug":"visiting-egypt-as-a-transgender-traveller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/27\/visiting-egypt-as-a-transgender-traveller\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Egypt as a transgender traveller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Sphinx. The Pyramids of Giza. Desert moons, Valley of the Kings, spices, music, the Nile. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a baby, I used to be fascinated by the tradition of historical Egypt<\/a> \u2013 papyrus scrolls, King Tut and the tombs pharaohs have been buried in for eternal life. Flicking by the pages of the National Geographic Egypt e book my mom gave me impressed my curiosity about what appeared like one other world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recently, my final bucket listing journey turned a actuality. Visiting Egypt \u2013 my first journey to the African continent \u2013 reignited my childlike marvel for the primary time in a long time. It nonetheless feels surreal to say that I’ve lastly skilled the Motherland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Facing my fears\u00a0<\/h2>\n

When Intrepid invited me and a few of my transgender and physique positivity advocate friends to hitch a tour of our selecting, the strain was on. It felt like a as soon as in a lifetime proposal, and whereas I explored all of the choices \u2013 Antarctica, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, locations I\u2019ve dreamed of going for years \u2013 Egypt saved resurfacing in my thoughts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And but, I stubbornly thought to myself \u2013 if not now, then when?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

As a visual transgender human rights advocate, I\u2019m used to travelling to locations the place political and social attitudes in direction of transgender and queer folks differ. But on this occasion, the considered travelling for leisure, fairly than advocacy work, as a Black trans lady, to a rustic with quite a few anti-LGBTQ+ legal guidelines and attitudes, offered a quiet concern that I couldn\u2019t shake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is against the law to be transgender or gay in Egypt and the nation has been shunned by human rights advocacy teams all over the world for its aggressive transphobic and homophobic regulation enforcement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And but, I stubbornly thought to myself \u2013 if not now, then when?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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