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. s*x 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 Unclad 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..... Read more

http://www.informationng.com/2016/08/noni-salma-i-was-scared-of-living-in-nigeria-as-a-woman-in-a-mans-body.html

Welcome to OUR world. Few months in that body, I pray you will not PAY to change again .

It's not easy to be a woman! Ask your mama

Endtime women... guys be sure of who you might be geting married... he/she deserve to be stoned