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I Changed To A Man After Playing Football For Nigeria As A Woman- Intersex Ex-su by EmmyOD(m): 11:55pm On Jul 14, 2021
A former Super Falcons player has revealed how he underwent surgery to be a man after playing football for the Super Falcons of Nigeria as a woman. The former player who used to be known as Iyabo Abade but has now changed his name to James Johnson has a rare disorder called Hermaphroditism or Intersex. According to a Wikipedia definition, “Intersex people are individuals born with any of several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones or genitals that, do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies."
Speaking about his plight on Your Views on TVC, James Johnson said, he chose a sex he want to be identified with at the age of 19. He said he went to the US in 2004 for a correctional surgery, but has not been able to do the final part of the surgery that will enable him become a full blood man because of lack of funds.

He said he opened up about the rare disorder he had when he was at a camp with the female national team in 1997. He said after his case was brought to the notice of the Nigerian football federation (NFF), they only encouraged him to decide which gender he will like to become. He said since he left the national team, the football federation has neglected him and left him to his fate. He said he was brought up as a female, dressed and went to school as a female but later realized he can't live as a female because it just doesn't feel right to him. He said he can't do somethings women do like have a monthly menstrual cycle. He said he decided to open up about his condition when he joined the female national team with the hope that he will get help to correct his disorder.
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Re: I Changed To A Man After Playing Football For Nigeria As A Woman- Intersex Ex-su by ghettowriter(m): 11:58pm On Jul 14, 2021
shocked

Omo*100

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Re: I Changed To A Man After Playing Football For Nigeria As A Woman- Intersex Ex-su by WoundedLamb: 1:10am On Jul 15, 2021
Thank God for science. I'm glad he had the resources to chose the gender that fits him. Hopefully, he gets the help he needs to finish the process. It's one thing to be born with two different sex organs, it's another to feel like a woman and man at the same time. They are many intersex people like him out there who identify more as one gender and identify with people of that gender, but do not have the resources and moral support to undergo the necessary surgeries. They live thier lives in the shadows. Sad.

In my opinion, the mere existence of intersex people shows that the concept of gender goes beyond sex organs. The mental does not always agree with the physical. The same nature that gave one person two different sex organs and yet he feels like a man could have given him a female sex organ while he still feels like a man. You can imagine living in the opposite gender's body (eeww!). When such a person then opts for surgery later in life, we'd all gather to castigate him and remind him of his seat number in hell. We'd rather he lived his life in misery for us to be happy.

Maybe when we realize that exceptions are part of nature, we'd stop saying that certain things are not natural just because they're not common. If anything is unnatural, it's perfection/consistency.

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Re: I Changed To A Man After Playing Football For Nigeria As A Woman- Intersex Ex-su by meobizy(f): 10:03am On Jul 15, 2021
Lol. It’s funny to have one of those in the team and still lose. He has all the physical advantages of a man, that alone should put fear in the opposing team. I’m sure the other teams avoided physical contact whenever he held the ball. So, how did our national team lose when he played?
Re: I Changed To A Man After Playing Football For Nigeria As A Woman- Intersex Ex-su by kenzysmith: 10:15am On Jul 15, 2021
Is better she change cause no man prick for raise for this one

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