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‘To The Bitch I Have Become--
--I Am Proud Of You’
Ohemartin Opens Up On Surviving As A Transgender In Ghana
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ife really is short---
perhaps shorter than
any of us would come
close to admit and
accept. We are always
advised to make the most out of
this life we have, even if the rest
of the world is going to frown
and cuss for the rest of their lives
because of our decisions, after all,
we are all born hard-wired to be
selfish at a point.
A young boy defied all odds
that stared hard into his face
to embrace the person he felt
he intrinsically is. For Martin
Hughes, life ought to be lived and
lived to its very latter regardless of
it all. At a tender age of 7, young
Martin’s only predicament was
just like any other child; waking
up to go to school, living a stress
free life--- playing with his fellow
mates and getting his fingers and
face dirty, albeit he felt there
was something arguably not
necessarily wrong with him but
all was not entirely well with him
either. “I caught myself in a role I
didn’t want to play anymore at the
age of 7. The vibe of the boys was
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High
School was
the trouble.
That was
stress. It
was the real
hard life
because I
went to a
boys’ school.
It was a
hypocritical
system.
You have
boys telling
you stuff,
proposing
to you and
all but in
the eye of
the public,
they will
be judging
you.
Written by: Miss
Pyper
annoying. I think it was toxic for me
because I felt like a boy playing with
girls”. Martin says he felt like a
female living in a male’s body but
his infantile mind did not allow
him the luxury to process what
really was happening to him until
puberty. One can only imagine the
many questions a young lad in his
puberty could be conflicting and
battling with when the feelings
that comes with puberty alone can
be unsettling. For young Martin,
he could not talk to his mother
about how he felt and notably,
no friend was in on what he was
feeling beyond his physical self.
T
hings turned rather
dim for Martin
when he went to
Senior High School
and as fate would
have it, he landed himself in an
all-male school. People would
not readily talk about anything
that has a tad bit of sexual tone
attached so when it comes to
sexuality and what others have
chosen to do with their bodies to
cum, the conversation simply is a