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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by TomHagen: 8:08pm On Aug 04, 2016
JustHere2Observ:
Iranu, so you are a woman with penis and that feels normal to you.
This is what happens when beg for kids from demons
Even oyibo tranny too them beg them from demons abi? No watch Nollywood again you no go gree.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by manbello(m): 8:09pm On Aug 04, 2016
God will surely nonilize u in hereafter.... uglY tin
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Nobody: 8:10pm On Aug 04, 2016
KissChris:


That's a different case entirely undecided
no it's not. We don't live in a perfect world, sometimes nature puts us in a condition we hate and as humans constantly seeking happiness, we go out of our way to find it.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by fortunechy(m): 8:11pm On Aug 04, 2016
one condom could ve prevented him frm kwing the world

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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by youngest85(m): 8:12pm On Aug 04, 2016
I hope d puna is tight?
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by NevetsIbot(m): 8:13pm On Aug 04, 2016
JustHere2Observ:
Iranu, so you are a woman with penis and that feels normal to you.
This is what happens when beg for kids from demons
read more about trangenders.... Their dicks are somehow turned in and used as p&ssy. The whole system is complicated but what i know is, their dicks are not cut off, it's used to create a fake vagina.

Cc Durentt

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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by BoboFashion(m): 8:13pm On Aug 04, 2016
priscaoge:
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Asin eh! Pure aka nwa o
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by JustHere2Observ(f): 8:13pm On Aug 04, 2016
TomHagen:
Even oyibo tranny too them beg them from demons abi? No watch Nollywood again you no go gree.

Lol siddon there make look dey look you, oyinbos do witchcraft too, very well sef. They ask demons for favors.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by JSoE(f): 8:13pm On Aug 04, 2016
Blessograo:
They cut it off midway and turn the part attached to the body inside out to form a vagina

Are you being serious here? I mean,do they do that for real?
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by TomHagen: 8:13pm On Aug 04, 2016
Audray:
Haterz be wailing grin
Audray Raines.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by TomHagen: 8:14pm On Aug 04, 2016
Blessograo:
They cut it off midway and turn the part attached to the body inside out to form a vagina
Ojarikoko eeeeeeehhhhhhh.

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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by DJejehimself(m): 8:15pm On Aug 04, 2016
This is indeed the beginning of the end.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by faitheverest(f): 8:15pm On Aug 04, 2016
That's your conscience pricking you nna. ..
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by TomHagen: 8:16pm On Aug 04, 2016
JustHere2Observ:


Lol siddon there make look dey look you, oyinbos do witchcraft too, very well sef. They ask demons for favors.
Now my curiously has attained a crescendo. How do you know this?
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by JustHere2Observ(f): 8:16pm On Aug 04, 2016
NevetsIbot:
read more about trangenders.... Their dicks are somehow turned in and used as p&ssy. The whole system is complicated but what i know is, their dicks are not cut off, it's used to create a fake vagina.

Cc Durentt

I know about granny's and I know not all of them go under the knife, he hasn't gone under the knife yet, Jenner has gone under the knife yet either. He is just on hormonal drugs to make him look like a woman while his dick is just there shrinking due to the high level of oestrogen. But no fake vagina yet.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by muller101(m): 8:17pm On Aug 04, 2016
Semi ugly guy babe
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by JustHere2Observ(f): 8:19pm On Aug 04, 2016
TomHagen:
Now my curiously has attained a crescendo. How do you know this?

Because I read, read more on witchcraft on the internet and the Wiccans.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by holluphemydavid(m): 8:22pm On Aug 04, 2016
With all her or his masculine body
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Blessograo(f): 8:22pm On Aug 04, 2016
For trans- men they don't but trans-women do but trans-Men have fake periods they can but it grin
edgeofglory:
For real? wow.

Thanks for lecturing me.

Does it mean they can have monthly flow, and have baby?
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Blessograo(f): 8:25pm On Aug 04, 2016
sorry the penis is cut off half way but the nerves are kept for orgasm purpose
NevetsIbot:
read more about trangenders.... Their dicks are somehow turned in and used as p&ssy. The whole system is complicated but what i know is, their dicks are not cut off, it's used to create a fake vagina.

Cc Durentt
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Xeedorf: 8:26pm On Aug 04, 2016
If thunder warn fire you come to naij undecidedIf thunder warn fire you come to naij
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by adewumiopeyemi(m): 8:26pm On Aug 04, 2016
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Smellymouth:


cheesy

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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Barigaboy(m): 8:26pm On Aug 04, 2016
Ugly thing, u r beta being a man than what u r now. U think women r remade or u recreate yourself. Your family has disown u already. Don't even plan to come home. U will cannot practice any religion as no religion will accommodate forbiden fruit. U r a trans n still planning to raise children. Its better u choose 1 where u hear say women dey get dick. Women r proud of what they have n that's where we came from. U r a disgrace to men. U will soon be raped by crazy men like u.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Blessograo(f): 8:27pm On Aug 04, 2016
Yeah they do that for real dear
JSoE:


Are you being serious here? I mean,do they do that for real?
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Nobody: 8:30pm On Aug 04, 2016
Now you can take hormones to grow your bubes and ahse and soften your skin; you can get plastic surgery to feminise your facial structure, you can cut off your dik and have a vaj constructed, you can also have a womb/uterine transplant so you can get pregnant and have children...they have physiotherapists that will teach you how to walk, talk (they will shave off your adam's apple) and f*ck like a woman....at the end of the day even you will agree that you deserve to go to hell cool

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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by lollybae(f): 8:32pm On Aug 04, 2016
adewumiopeyemi:
baba i hail oooaLAGA IBILE//--> Apapa Loni Trailer/ Lekki Loni Cab/ Deeper Life loni Scarf/ Alhaja Loni Hijab/ Oshodi Loni Molue/ Mushin loni Danfo/ Emini ALAGA so Egbenusoun timo Banfo!!!
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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by chieveboy(m): 8:36pm On Aug 04, 2016
KissChris:
Rubbish

I detest people who are not satisfied with what God gave them

great! extend this "detest" to folks born with other form of "God gave Them" deformities:

Conjoined Twins (siamese)

Buck-toothedness

Baldness

Hemaphrodites Humans (people born with both male and female organs)

Short Hairs (african/black race)

Skin tone

Limbless birthed babies

Blind

et et etc!
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by adewumiopeyemi(m): 8:39pm On Aug 04, 2016
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lollybae:
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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by 4ward(m): 8:39pm On Aug 04, 2016
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FlirtyKaren:
Nigerian transgender Noni Salma formerly known as Habeeb babtunde Lawal has in a new interview with Joy Isi Bewaji explained how and why he decided to leave Nigeria to become a transgender in the United States..

Habeeb was an entertainment journalist in Lagos before he left the shores of Nigeria to pursue a degree in film in New York. There he said he found a place that was accepting of who he truly is - a woman.

He is now a trans woman, and her name is Noni Salma.

Enjoy excerpts of the interview. Noni reveals she has always been attracted to men because dating women made her feel like a lesbian.

JIB: You are transsexual because you have done the gender re-assignment surgery, right?


Noni: It’s a personal decision and I don’t need a surgery to be transgender. Whatever I decide to do is personal and an individual choice. The surgery is not a requirement. Sex re-assignment is personal. Transgender is an umbrella term that has nothing to do with surgery. If a transgender has had surgery, they are called pre-op trans and after surgery, they are known as post-op trans.


JIB: How does it feel to be a woman?

Noni: I have been a woman all my life. I was born a woman. It was more of accepting myself. My gender has never been in question. I was just scared of living in Nigeria while being a woman in a man’s body. I have never been a man. I don’t know what being a man feels like.

JIB: How did you deal with societal expectations?

Noni: I was bullied a lot. I was attacked for being feminine every day. I couldn’t tell my parents. Everything was exhausting and I became suicidal. The only way out was to transition. I kept asking myself why I wasn’t comfortable in my skin. It took me a year of therapy to finally convince myself to go through the transition process. It was scary. I never thought it would get to a point I would accept myself.

JIB: What gender are you sexually attracted to?

Noni: I have always been attracted to men. Dating women made me feel like a lesbian. A woman could be standing naked in front of me and it would be like a mannequin. I was at an awkward stage in my life and didn’t date much.

JIB: You live In New York. Do you have a lot of support there?

Noni: I have a lot of support here. I live in the Bronx, and daily I am amazed at the love people have shown me. I can navigate my world without feeling trapped. Not every Trans woman is lucky.

JIB: If you meet a man you are attracted to… do you tell men you are trans?

Noni: I always say it. I put it out there. Because it is shocking how holding back can hurt everyone. People can get violent at the drop a hat. ‘I love you’ can turn violent really fast when they don’t get the full picture of what they are into.

JIB: Who was the first person you told you were Trans?

Noni: In Nigeria I didn’t tell anyone. I carried a lot of baggage around. Since the news got out, I haven’t reached out to my family. I am not prepared to handle their reaction right now. I know the whole of Nigeria knows by now but it’s basically not my concern. I have enough support here. I go to therapy and belong to several support groups. I am not responsible for anybody.

JIB: Are you reacting badly to the hormonal drugs?

Noni: Not badly, just more emotional. I cry a lot these days. I cook a lot too.


JIB: Did your mum have and inkling that you were different?

Noni: I think she was in denial. I got into trouble a lot doing feminine things and wearing feminine clothes. I tried to be someone they expected me to be for four years from 25-29 years. I used to feel disgust for trans women. But the moment I accepted the trans woman was the moment I accepted myself.

JIB: How did your name come about?

Noni: I got my name from a movie. Noni was the name of the character I liked.

JIB: How does it make you feel when you hear that gays and trans are getting lynched in Nigeria?

Noni: At the end of the day, I want to be surrounded by love. Nigerians have no love for the LGBT community. I have no plans returning soon. I can’t change Nigeria and her laws.



JIB: Any plans to marry and raise kids?

Noni: Oh yeah… I have those plans. If it happens, fine; but if it doesn’t… I am not going to lose sleep over it.

JIB: What would you say about those going through gender issues in Nigeria?

Noni: It is going to be hard but it will get better. Do what you have to do to survive but do not transition in Nigeria. There are lots of Trans women in Nigeria but some just relocate to other places after a while; or they keep it really quiet so nobody knows. I believe that things will be better. For now, I don’t practice any religion. I just practice love. People who are not even Christians show me so much love.

JIB: You just premiered your movie. How did it go? How is life now?

Noni: It went well. It won an award and got a huge viewing. I am just eight months into my transition. Life is good but sometimes when I am alone, I still feel sad, especially about the years I tried to be someone I wasn’t. I used to care about what people thought but I do not anymore. I have priorities now.

JIB: Are you dating anyone?

Noni: I am not dating anyone. Not yet.

JIB: What is your kind of man?

Noni: I cannot stand small minded people. I want someone who is “woke”.

JIB: Who is your celebrity crush?

Noni: I’ll say Ikechukwu- the Nigerian rapper and Tom Hardley.

Last words from Noni:

I plan on going into acting and making more movies. No butt enhancing surgeries for me! I am not ashamed of my transitioning. My people should know that I am fine. I don’t mean to hurt or harm anybody. I. AM. FINE. And I am truly happy!

My thoughts? Live and let live.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2016/08/nigerian-transgender-noni-salma-former-habeeb-lawal-story.html
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by kinglekan: 8:40pm On Aug 04, 2016
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Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by Nobody: 8:42pm On Aug 04, 2016
She said her celebrity crush is Ikechukwu the martial arts guy that nearly killed D'banj,I pray he disfigures her.
Re: Noni Salma: 'I Was Scared Of Living In Nigeria As A Woman In A Mans Body' by IceDude(m): 8:45pm On Aug 04, 2016
I wish i could lay my hands on this goat. I won't hesitate to blow his head off....Anuofia!

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