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Transgender son of famed Egyptian actor sued for ‘promoting homosexuality’

Two lawyers in Egypt are suing Nour Selim, son of actor Hesham Selim, on the grounds of ‘prompting homosexuality’.

Nour shared a post accusing Egyptian society of ‘hypocrisy’ for supporting him but not Sarah Hegazi, the LGBT activist who recently died by suicide in Canada.
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