Before Tyson Fury fights Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh, Wajeeh Lion explains how Saudi Arabia’s LGBTQ+ nationals live in fear
The moment I accepted I was gay was the moment I also accepted that I could be killed at any moment,” says Wajeeh Lion with little hesitation. Born Abdulrahman Alkhiary, Wajeeh was granted asylum in the United States in 2018, but still lives a life of discomfort with daily death threats and a constant fear of being kidnapped by his homeland.
“I know the Saudi government want me dead,” he says. “But this is not just my story. This is the ongoing story of intolerance faced by the entire LGBTQ+ community in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by death penalty.”