Nigeria: Bobrisky - a Mirror for Nigeria?

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Born Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju in Lagos, Nigeria, Bobrisky is arguably Nigeria's most contentious person, a trans personality famed for her unconventional life. Her influential presence on social media and on Nigerian streets makes a strong case for the normalisation of queerness in Nigeria.

Bobrisky's rise as a public figure is wrapped in layers of contradictions: a dark-skinned, assigned male at birth (AMAB) person who thrived in the business of bleaching cream, to supposedly being homosexual, which she denies and condemns - to evolving from cross-dressing to a trans personality.

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