It may become harder for church and state to deny that trans Nigerians exist, thanks to activists like Miss saHHara.
Miss saHHara. Photo: Miss saHHara/Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Some rights reserved.
“When I was a teenager, I had to decide. I either left Nigeria. Or I killed myself.” That is how Miss saHHara, a young trans woman, describes the choice she faced, growing up amid transphobic discrimination, and violence.
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