In an interview with UK's Channel 4 to promote her new book,
'Dear Ijeawele Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions,
famed Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie shared her thoughts on
Trans-woman, saying trans-women are trans-women, and it's not fair that
people who had previously enjoyed the privileges that comes with living
as a man now what to compare their experiences with people have lived
all their lives as women
"I think the whole problem of gender in the world is about our
experiences. It's not about how we wear our hair or whether we have a
vagina or a penis. It's about the way the world treats us. And I think
if you've lived in the world as a man with the privileges that the world
accords to men and then sort of change gender, it's difficult for me to
accept that then we can equate your experience with the experience of a
woman who has lived from the beginning as a woman" - and people's reactions after the cut...
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