Egypt blocks a gay cruise that was rejected from Turkey, organizer says

An LGBTQ cruise that was prohibited from stopping in Turkey earlier this week was not allowed to dock in its substitute port in Egypt on Thursday, according to the company that planned the trip.

Atlantis Events CEO Rich Campbell, who is on Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady with nearly 2,000 passengers, called the move “really unheard of” and “strange and sad” in a message to The Washington Post. He said that the approval to dock in Alexandria was pulled at the last minute.