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I do want to say that this is also an intracommunity thing. CNA means something very specific to young Nigerian writers, especially those who were in her workshop. It is layered and heavy on the heart because the way we LOVED her???

To now know that people will happily throw trans people under the bus rather than hold her accountable for her views? To be reminded that for so many people, CNA is untouchable and trans people are not worth deplatforming her?

This was her. Two days after Freshwater debuted, she asked that her name be removed from my bio everywhere because of my tweets online. Most were about her transphobia.https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1245788289694601216?s=20 …

I was okay with it because tbh, I agreed that my connection to her shouldn't be used to sell my work. We do not stand for the same things. I didn't and still don't want her name on my books.

This thread doesn't really have a point, other than my God, it's been years and it still hurts that she's transphobic. We were rooting so hard for her. So many people gently tried to educate her. So much grace was extended, and she went to loudly align with You-Know-Who.

I mean, to be fair, we are talking about a woman who aligns with war criminals, so I suppose it all tracks. But also, even her transphobia is so much bigger than her. There's that reminder that Black cis women will continue to uplift her at the expense of trans people.

And if there's one thing I will never forget from when I disclosed I wasn't a woman in 2018, it's the realization that many Black cis women are only in solidarity with you if they think you're one of them.

There are so many communities I used to be a part of and got pushed out of simply for existing truthfully as myself, for seeing and pointing at true things, where staying would have meant violence. The costs, the losses, and a world that consistently supports those who harm us.

Are you not fucking ashamed?

We are truly all we got. I'm very proud of debut me for standing by my beliefs, because the anxiety of knowing you've pissed off CNA right in your publication week?? BRUH. You're there calculating if the loss of her support will tank your career. Over common tweets. LMFAO.

If anything, take heart and know that your chi is very much awake, no matter who you're facing down or their perceived power. I am fucking honored to be writing books for Black queer and trans people. We are impossible things cracking the world open.

As for CNA and that white woman, at this point, anyone who supports them knowing their views is also openly supporting transphobia. There is no justifying it. Kill your idols.

I’ve been given a heads up that Adichie has recently stated in a public interview that she’s planning to write a ‘call out letter’ to address ‘lies’ about her? From other statements in her interview, it’s fair to assume that retaliation for this thread is a possibility.

There’s been so much transphobia directed at me since I disclosed in 2018, and I’m not in the mood for the wave of bigoted violence a prominent cishet figure like her can incite, especially from other Nigerians, so I’m not going to subject myself to that.