Nigerian transgender slams
bloggers
Nigerian transgender Miss Sahhara, says
Nigerian bloggers should stop calling her a
man
Nigerian transgender who now lives in the
UK took to her Facebook page to warn
Nigerian bloggers about giving her a name
tag she doesn’t like.
Miss Sahhara stated she has ‘never been a
man’ and that she doesn’t care what they
think about her.
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Miss Sahhara stated that bloggers are
expected to ‘care about whoever they are
writing about’. Read what she had to say
below:
#LindaIkeji TO LINDA IKEJI ET AL., this is not
a rant, rather an education: I never lived as a
‘Gay man’ in Nigeria! How could I have
struggled as a gay man when I was never a
man, as unfathomable as it may be for you
and your readers, it is the fact. I know my
validation as the person I say I am doesnt
come from you or anyone else, rather it comes
from me,
I wear the shoes, I know where it
hurts and I alone can tell you how it
feels…….But when you lot publish the wrong
messages in other to get attention for your
blogs, it encourages hate and transphobia
from Nigerians and beyond. As a ‘Journalist/
blogger’ you should have the duty of care for
all your subjects when writing about them,
especially when it is about sensitive
marginalized subjects such as the LGBTQI+
community. You all have immense power to
influence your readers positively or negatively,
so I suggest you use that power to educate
yourselves and your readers, instead of
inciting hate. Yes it is sensitive to talk or write
about the LGBTQI+ community because we are
at risk all around the world due to
misconceptions, bigotry and lack of
education………………MY BRAIN HAS ALWAYS
BEEN FEMALE. JUST BECAUSE I HAD
MEDICAL CORRECTION TO ALIGN MY BRAIN
WITH MY BODY DOESN’T MAKE MY
CHILDHOOD AS A FEMALE INVALID…… MY
SEXUALITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
IDENTITY AS A WOMAN EITHER, I AM A
STRAIGHT WOMAN AS I HAVE ALREADY
STATED IN THE VIDEO BELOW. WHO I GO TO
BED WITH DOESN’T DEFINE WHO I WAKE UP
AS……..NO I DID NOT ‘TRANSITION’. JUST
BECAUSE I WAS ASSIGNED A CERTAIN
GENDER ON PAPER WHEN I WAS A BABY
DOESN’T MAKE ME LESS OF A FEMALE AS A
CHILD….. SOME TRANSPEOPLE AND MYSELF
HAVE AND STILL USE THE WORD
‘TRANSITION’, I DON’T ANYMORE, BECAUSE
CORRECTING MY LIFE MEDICALLY IS NOT A
SWITCH FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER, IT
IS RATHER AN ENHANCEMENT OF WHO I
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN…………Please save your
insults and religious quotes for those who
care, it will not affect my already solid
confidence.
PEACE!
Watch video here.
What do you think?
bloggers
Nigerian transgender Miss Sahhara, says
Nigerian bloggers should stop calling her a
man
Nigerian transgender who now lives in the
UK took to her Facebook page to warn
Nigerian bloggers about giving her a name
tag she doesn’t like.
Miss Sahhara stated she has ‘never been a
man’ and that she doesn’t care what they
think about her.
PAY ATTENTION: Get the latest gossips on
Naij Gossip App
Miss Sahhara stated that bloggers are
expected to ‘care about whoever they are
writing about’. Read what she had to say
below:
#LindaIkeji TO LINDA IKEJI ET AL., this is not
a rant, rather an education: I never lived as a
‘Gay man’ in Nigeria! How could I have
struggled as a gay man when I was never a
man, as unfathomable as it may be for you
and your readers, it is the fact. I know my
validation as the person I say I am doesnt
come from you or anyone else, rather it comes
from me,
I wear the shoes, I know where it
hurts and I alone can tell you how it
feels…….But when you lot publish the wrong
messages in other to get attention for your
blogs, it encourages hate and transphobia
from Nigerians and beyond. As a ‘Journalist/
blogger’ you should have the duty of care for
all your subjects when writing about them,
especially when it is about sensitive
marginalized subjects such as the LGBTQI+
community. You all have immense power to
influence your readers positively or negatively,
so I suggest you use that power to educate
yourselves and your readers, instead of
inciting hate. Yes it is sensitive to talk or write
about the LGBTQI+ community because we are
at risk all around the world due to
misconceptions, bigotry and lack of
education………………MY BRAIN HAS ALWAYS
BEEN FEMALE. JUST BECAUSE I HAD
MEDICAL CORRECTION TO ALIGN MY BRAIN
WITH MY BODY DOESN’T MAKE MY
CHILDHOOD AS A FEMALE INVALID…… MY
SEXUALITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
IDENTITY AS A WOMAN EITHER, I AM A
STRAIGHT WOMAN AS I HAVE ALREADY
STATED IN THE VIDEO BELOW. WHO I GO TO
BED WITH DOESN’T DEFINE WHO I WAKE UP
AS……..NO I DID NOT ‘TRANSITION’. JUST
BECAUSE I WAS ASSIGNED A CERTAIN
GENDER ON PAPER WHEN I WAS A BABY
DOESN’T MAKE ME LESS OF A FEMALE AS A
CHILD….. SOME TRANSPEOPLE AND MYSELF
HAVE AND STILL USE THE WORD
‘TRANSITION’, I DON’T ANYMORE, BECAUSE
CORRECTING MY LIFE MEDICALLY IS NOT A
SWITCH FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER, IT
IS RATHER AN ENHANCEMENT OF WHO I
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN…………Please save your
insults and religious quotes for those who
care, it will not affect my already solid
confidence.
PEACE!
Watch video here.
What do you think?
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