‘Fighter, dreamer, and a person with kind heart.’
In her funeral held in Toronto on Monday, 22 June, Egyptian LGBTQ activist Sarah Hegazi, was fondly remembered a hero. The 30-year-old who had sought asylum in Canada, after being arrested and tortured for waving a rainbow flag in her country, died by suicide on 14 June – leaving the queer community across the world in shock and distress.
From Montreal to Washington DC, vigils were organised across the world, remembering Hegazi.