Saudi police arrest TikToker for alleged lesbian subtext

 | 
07/31/2022

Tala Safwan has five million followers on TikTok and 800,000 on YouTube. She lives in Saudi Arabia. Her content is similar to other young social media influencers around the world. Pranks, challenges, skits, and answers to viewers’ questions. But a recent video set off a Twitstorm when conservative Saudis accused her of sexually suggestive comments. In the offending clip, Tala Safwan is seen chatting to a female friend and inviting her over to her house. She tells the friend that ‘everyone will be asleep’ and ‘no one will hear her scream’. A hashtag protesting the video and creator started trending on Twitter: ‘Tala offends society’. Tala Safwan denied any lesbian subtext and said people had misunderstood her video. She also said critics edited her video to show her comments out of context. Saudi police since announced her arrest. While they did not name Tala Safwan, they described the prisoner as a person “who appeared in a broadcast talking to another woman with sexual content and suggestiveness that could have a negative impact on public morality.”

Regions: ,

Share this:

Latest Global News

Added on: 12/25/2024
12/24/2024
Syria’s newly established authorities will prioritize matters concerning the status of the LGBT community, regulations regarding women’s attire, and the consumption of alcohol, as …
Added on: 12/25/2024
12/24/2024
President Joe Biden signed an almost $900 billion defense bill even though the bill contained a provision containing restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender …
Added on: 12/25/2024
12/24/2024
In a pointed rebuttal to the growing anti-LGBTQ+ movement spreading across the African continent, leaders championing Africa’s so-called “pink economy” gathered recently in Cape …

Explore LGBTQ+ Issues

Other News from ,

Added on: 12/25/2024
Syria’s newly established authorities will prioritize matters concerning the status of the LGBT community, regulations regarding women’s attire, and the consumption of alcohol, as …
Added on: 12/24/2024
2024 saw many historic and horrifying moments – nationally and globally. Beyond genocides, alarming climate records, and civil unrest – sexual and gender-based violence …
Added on: 12/23/2024
Francois Zankih was forced to flee Syria in 2020 after Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) twice kidnapped him and eventually issued a death notice against him. Despite this, the human …