{"id":17965,"date":"2023-07-17T10:17:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/?p=17965"},"modified":"2023-07-17T10:17:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:17:43","slug":"jay-boogie-opens-up-on-the-struggles-of-being-a-transgender-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/2023\/07\/17\/jay-boogie-opens-up-on-the-struggles-of-being-a-transgender-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Boogie opens up on the struggles of being a transgender in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Jay Boogie spoke about his experience on being a transgender<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jay revealed that Nigerians discriminates them and finds it hard to accept them<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jay stated that he would get married and give birth whenever he wants to<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Popular transgender Jay Boogie, has been boldly speaking out on the challenges he faces as a transgender in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Boogie in a recent interview with <strong>BBC pigin<\/strong> spoke candidly on what it feels like to be a transgender, their daily struggles, especially in this part of the world<\/p>\n<p>Jay stated that being visibly transgender in our kind of society with deeply ingrained conservative and religious beliefs about gender identity, often means being shunned and subject to discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Jay noted that he is very comfortable in her body and can even give birth whenever she feels like because technology has made it possible for them.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that he has always wanted to be a girl, she never felt connected with her masculine features and had always felt like a woman<\/p>\n<p>Comfortably speaking, he stated that men still drool over her despite being trans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17966\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230717-104819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230717-104819.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/07\/Screenshot_20230717-104819-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jay Boogie beautifully dressed in a red clothe with her feminine features very visible , credit: Jay Boogie \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jay promoted acceptance and wondered why it was easy for Nigerians to accept criminals, fraudsters, kidnappers but found it hard to accept transgenders.<\/p>\n<p>Hear her speak :<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CuyjTRFKIzN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CuyjTRFKIzN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by BBC News Pidgin (@bbcnewspidgin)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another related story, Bobrisky calls out his fellow transgender Buchi Alexandra, emphasizing that None<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/gist\/2021\/03\/21\/none-of-you-will-get-noticed-till-i-retire-bobrisky-tells-transgender-buchi-alexandra\/\"> of them will get noticed till he retires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Self-acclaimed transgender, Buchi Alexandra who accused Bobrisky of giving the transgender community in Nigeria a bad image has been attacked by the controversial crossdresser.<\/p>\n<p>It was earlier reported that Buchi in a video released asked Bobrisky to stop with the poor image he is giving the Nigerian trans community.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting via his IG page this afternoon, Bobrisky shared a screenshot of a purported direct message Buchi sent to him seeking his support for an international transgender competition.<\/p>\n<p>He in wrote in his caption;<\/p>\n<p>\u201d<em>Hey baby !!!!! I noticed you have been in my dm begging me to get noticed but sad I guess have got too much messages and too busy to read dm. Going around to clout chase with my name to get noticed is bad thou\u2026 you should have waited till d day I will noticed you maybe then I can help u and make you a multimillionaire instead of a clout chasing like a shemale pig . Well I bob still remain everyone MUMMY. I repeat non of you will get noticed till I retire bye bitch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My last response on dis\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Boogie spoke about his experience on being a transgender Jay revealed that Nigerians discriminates them and finds it hard to accept them Jay stated that he would get married and give birth whenever he wants to Popular transgender Jay Boogie, has been boldly speaking out on the challenges he faces as a transgender in 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