“I Am A Girl.” Bobrisky answers the question about Her Gender Identity
For a long time, Nigerians have had one collective question on their minds: is Bobrisky female or simply a male who loves to cross-dress? In fact, when writer Elnathan John took to twitter to profess his admiration for the socialite over her courage in daring to live her truth in the face of Nigeria’s homophobia, there were those who came to his comments to query him over his use of the feminine pronoun to qualify Bobrisky.
The question was: Has Bobrisky identified as a woman?
Well now she has.
“A lot of you have been asking me, ‘Bobrisky, are you a girl or a guy… Do you use the female toilet or you use the male toilet?’ Of course I use the female toilet because I am a girl,” she declares in a video posted on instagram. “Some others ask me, ‘Bobrisky, when you fill forms, do you fill the female or male?’ Of course I fill female. Even at the airport, a guy cannot search me. It has to be a girl.”
Well, that’s that. So can we please drop our transphobia and address Bobrisky according to her preferred gender identity.
Check the video out below.
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12 Comments
Henrie
July 29, 07:23Finally.
Delle
July 29, 10:44Finally! Even I was confused
Charlie
July 30, 00:22I had been using gender neutral pronouns for the longest time, now I can call her a her
Bobrisky refers to himself as “Nigeria’s first trans” – KitoDiaries
March 02, 04:36[…] he came out on a video posted on his instagram page in July last year, appearing to clarify that he is in fact a […]
Gabbie
August 19, 18:53Yeah yeah… I see that coming I’m not supposed, after running we count miles
James
September 15, 04:22Why are you confused,He she is a girl now,I wish him good luck to her newly born agenda.shes ok though. ..
Gloria Thomas
September 16, 20:32na him sabi
Anibaby
September 22, 22:47Am also comfused,but it is her live
Gemma
September 19, 22:33she dey also follow us dey menstruate ni cause me no even under her she him.
Rayson
September 21, 05:05Bob is living her life the way she wants don’t judge her
Ryno Ellsworth
July 28, 13:37He owns is his life, eithere he or she, that’s was his/her problem
Who cares
kindergarten
April 27, 01:52Your comment..bobrisky is stupid is the,most stupid man in,africa