Tag "Transgender"
Bobrisky refers to himself as “Nigeria’s first trans”
It would seem as though Bobrisky either doesn’t understand the validity of gender identity, simply doesn’t care for it, or likes to play with it because of the infamy it
A WOMAN LIKE ME
“Here’s your drink, ma – sorry, sir.” I look up from my phone where I’d been aimlessly scrolling through instagram posts, because I’d been avoiding making eye contact with other
DIARY OF A TRANS NIGERIAN WOMAN (Entry 2)
Growing up different can be a blessing or a curse. You either attract love for your unique traits or you get shunned for being way out of the spectrum of
THE ISSUE ABOUT TRANSGENDERISM
It is the Transgender Awareness Week. And there’s a conversation to commemorate that. As these things are wont to do, in the Facebook gay group that I’m in was introduced
“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
Actress Trace Lysette slams Scarlett Johansson for taking transgender role, gets death threats in return
Transgender actress Trace Lysette has received death threats after condemning Scarlett Johansson for playing a trans man in her new film. The Avengers star sparked outrage this week by agreeing
Scarlett Johansson sparks outrage, both by playing a transgender man in a new film and with her negative response to criticism
Scarlett Johansson’s new movie role is based a real-life ‘transmasculine’ figure from the 1970s. The project, Rub & Tug, reunites her with Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders. New
HE IS SHE
I knew her when she was a he. All strikingly handsome, tall, curly black hair, brown eyed, lean and toned, a Somali-Canadian; strutting down the Esplanade in shockingly-bright clothes –
DIARY OF A TRANS NIGERIAN WOMAN
Like most children, my sense of awareness started at the age of four, when I began to compare my genitals, amongst other things, with those of my female playmates. I
Kyler Prescott’s Profound Poem About Identity
In 2015, 14-year-old transgender boy, Kyler Prescott, aged 14 was found dead in his bedroom at his family home in Sa Diego. Kyler was born biologically female but only felt
