Acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is standing by her comments on transgender women which caused widespread outcry last week.
Adichie was accused of implying transgender women are not “real women,” after a interview with Channel 4 last week, where she suggested the experiences of transgender women differ from women who are born female. Her comments drew immense criticism, resulting in Adichie posting a “clarification” of her earlier remarks on Facebook.
She addressed the controversy again at a public appearance in Washington D.C on Monday.
“From the very beginning, I think it’s been quite clear that there’s no way I could possibly say that trans women are not women,” she said.
“It’s the sort of thing to me that’s obvious, so I start from that obvious premise. Of course they are women but in talking about feminism…
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