Chimamanda Adichie: I have nothing to to apologize for over transgender women comments
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. But men are men. When they dress as women they are men. When they receive surgery they are still men even if they look like women - because you can't change your DNA. Historically, transgenderism was deemed to be a mental health situation. Nothing