000			01739nam a22002897a 4500
008			180115s2018 nr |0|0|0|eng d
020			_a9781911115595 _qpaperback
020			_z9781911115601 _qeISBN
060			_aWM 645
245	0	0	_aShe called me woman : _bNigeria's queer women speak
264		1	_aAbuja : _bCassava Republic, _c2018.
300			_a357p. ; _c22 cm
500			_aFormerly CIP.
520			_aShe Called Me Woman is a collection of first-hand accounts by a community telling their stories on their own terms. This engaging and groundbreaking collection of queer women's narratives includes stories of first time love and curiosity, navigating same-sex feelings and spirituality, growing up gender non-conforming and overcoming family and society's expectations. What does it means to be a queer Nigerian? How does one embrace the label of `woman'? While some tell of self-acceptance, others talk of friendship and building a home in the midst of the anti-same sex marriage law. The narrators range from those who knew they were gay from a very early age to those who discovered their attraction to the same sex later in life. The stories challenge the stereotypes of what we assume is lesbian, bisexual, gay, and *trans in Nigeria and they offer us a raw, first-hand look into the lives and realities of our family, friends, neighbours and co-workers who are queer.
610			_aNigeria
610			_aAfrica
650		0	_aLesbians
650		0	_aHomosexuality
650		0	_aSexuality
650		0	_aSex behaviour
650		0	_aWomen's studies
650		0	_aGender
700	1		_aMohammed, Azeenarh _eeditor
700	1		_aNagarajan, Chitra _eeditor
700	1		_aAliyu, Rafeeat _eeditor
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