Trans woman: 'I left Nigeria to save my life'

Name: Trans woman: 'I left Nigeria to save my life'
Uploaded: 2016-04-29T11:16:36.000Z
Duration: 1 min 32 s
Description: A Nigerian transgender woman says she tried to kill herself twice because of the pressure - and had to leave the country.

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A Nigerian transgender woman says she tried to kill herself twice because of the pressure in her home country.

Miss saHHara moved to the UK about 12 years ago.

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Africa

29 April 2016