Popular Gay Nigerian Surfaces As Transgender

Former popular gay Nigerian man Okwudili is now living in Canada as a woman. Okwudili left Nigeria many years back for Canada where he had a transgender surgery to become a woman. She’s now known as Lady Candy in Toronto, Canada where she currently resides and is a registered nurse at Sick Kids Hospital.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Nigeria face unique legal and social challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. The country does not allow or recognise LGBT rights. There is no legal protection against discrimination in Nigeria — a largely conservative country of more than 170 million people, split between a mainly Muslim north and a largely Christian south. Very few LGBT persons are open about their orientation, and violence against LGBT people is frequent.

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