They would have transitioned were it not for Nigeria’s anti-same sex marriage law, which alienated lesbians, gays, bisexual, and transgender, LGBT since 2014. But cross dressers in Nigeria have become popular social media icons and are followed by millions of Nigerians.
Nigeria’s population of cross dressers has grown significantly since the 1970s when popular cross dresser known as Area Scatter captivated royalty and subjects of Eastern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s love for cross dressers and transgenders contradicts the country’s religious profile. But that does not soften its stance on LGBT people, only in secret. Hypocrisy? Perhaps.
New Generation Cross Dressers
Bleaching cream dealer and social media influencer Idris Okuneye aka bobrisky is currently Africa’s biggest and most trending cross-dresser who identifies as female. Bobrisky is one of the most popular Nigerians on snapchat and instagram and has inspired the new generation of cross dressers.
Bobrisky looks more appealing while dressed as a woman. Her snapchat views are in hundreds of thousands. Companies advertise on her snap. He has been guest of numerous talk shows and interviews.
Bobrisky recently celebrated 2million followers on her Instagram page and assured her followers that no other cross dresser can take the number one spot.
However, Bobrisky now has a strong rival for the number one spot, named Daniel Anthony, popularly known as Jay Boogie based in Port Harcourt, South South Nigeria.
Jay Boogie in May 2020, broke the internet when he posted pictures of himself wearing a 3 piece swim suit. Social media users as usual went crazy saying that Jay Boogie ‘s feminine features beats that of Bobrisky.
Jay Boogie’s features are natural , while Bobrisky’s has reportedly undergone surgeries to enhance his feminine looks.
James Obialor Brown, another Nigerian cross dresser became popular in 2018 with his ” they didn’t caught me” phrase on social media, when Police arrested him at a night club with many others.
Social media contributed to making these cross dressers popular.
These personalities no doubt provides some sort of entertainment to numerous social media users and their followers in particular.
This was evident during the Covid-19 lockdown in the country. They all kept their followers entertained with videos and pictures.
Many more cross dressers are popping up around the country.
