#FreeAvery: Live-Tweeting, Social Justice and Twitter Feminism
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Summary:
On February 10, 2014 British stand-up comedian and transgender woman Avery Edison was attempting to travel to Canada to visit her girlfriend, with a nonrefundable flight booked back to the UK for March 3rd. At 5:23pm she tweeted, "So I think I’m in the process of getting denied entry at Toronto airport. So. That’s happening." Because she had overstayed her student visa during her last visit, and the nonrefundable ticket back to the UK rejected as credible proof of her intent to return, she was detained.