Amsterdam based Nigerian transgender, Stephanie Rose, has
been attracting a lot of controversy on social media since she published
excerpts of her book titled, ‘Nobody Goes to Heaven Because Nobody Goes to Hell
Fire’.
The former law student of Obafemi Awolowo University wrote
the attention grabbing book in which she vents a lot about a God whom she sees
as an enabler of violence and discrimination.
Formerly known as Dapo Adaralegbe, Rose, has dismissed the
truthfulness in the existence of Jesus Christ, the divine representation of the
Christian faith.
She had some unsavory words to describe both God and Jesus Christ in a recent facebook post.
“When I didn’t know the truth about Hell fire, I feared such
” foolish God ” but now that I know that Hell fire is impossible and untrue,
such wicked and pervert God can go f*** himself and eat sh** … “
The same ” Maggot ” God had plotted my destruction from
inception, instigating all the violence I suffered, instigating rejection,
instigating hostilities, instigating my bloodshed and almost instigated my
demise as he destroyed Sodom. SUCH GOD IS THE EPITOMY OF ALL EVIL AND
WICKEDNESS.
Jesus Christ is a myth and not reality of such bloodthirsty
Abrahamic God. ALL RELIGIONS ARE TRUE, NO BODY GOES TO HEAVEN BECAUSE NO BODY
GOES TO HELL FIRE!
Rose in her book said she was abused and discriminated
against once she identified as bisexual.
Follow her journey as
she recounts some of her experiences in the piece below,(unedited):
“I was studying Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University,
(OAU), Ife. I am of the 1995 set, but I had to leave school in 2001 because of
pressures. People were too harsh on me; they did not understand me at all. When
I was in school, the school authorities got to know that I slept with my fellow
male students. There was also an incident when I had to be admitted in the
hospital. I was bleeding from the anus and I had bad pile arising from sexual
intercourse.
“When the school got to know the kind of person I was, they
sent me to meet a Guidance Counselor, Professor Roger Makanjuola, who was the
Vice Chancellor, who took care of me. You know he is a re-nowned Psychiatrist.
He handled all issues relating to psychiatry with me.
He said I was okay and that nothing was wrong with my
preferences, sexual-wise. He said it was just because I lived in an environment
that did not tolerate that kind of behavior. He recommended that I should meet
another Guidance Counselor but I did not follow up. Even at that, there seems
to be very little assistance one can get medically in Nigeria.
“After a time, I tried going back to school but they told me
I have stayed too long away from the system. I applied to change over to
University of Lagos (UNILAG) and OAU authorities promised to assist with my
transcripts, but they did not send it early, that was how I lost the chance of
changing to UNILAG. I eventually dropped out of school.”
“I know this will shock you but I started having sex at the
age of six. I had this cousin of mine who used to bring his friend to our
house. He was the first to make love to me.
“Since I was small, I realized that I had this feeling that
I was a woman. I used to paint myself up and wear girls’ clothes. Nobody
stopped or cautioned me. My mother later died when I was 11 years old. My
father has other wives and no one particularly bothered about me. I am the last
child of my mother, she had four of us”
“I started having sex at the age of six, but no one in my
family noticed the problem until I was 14 years old. My father is a Professor
of Education. My mother was also a Professor in the same discipline. When my
dad got to know, I think he was among the people who made Professor Makanjuola
to examine me.
“The truth is that I had gone too far, and I don’t want to
talk about my family in this issue. I have slept with a lot of people but my
problem is that they were not faithful to me. They were not committed; we just
have sex and they go away. I wish to have a committed partner that is why I
have been trying to get a real lover, one that will care about me. In the
alternative, I will like to relocate abroad where my kind exist.
In the University, I had several lovers but they were not
serious. I have several men that I sleep with, I won’t mention their names.
They cut across the low and highly placed, just let’s leave it at that. What I
want is a committed partner. If I had a choice between getting cured and going
for a surgery that will change my sex to a woman, I will prefer becoming a full
woman.
“I am already a trans-sexual, the difference between me and
other homosexuals are that while they just have the preference for sleeping
with fellow men, I feel that I am a woman; I feel that someone should be making
love to me the way men do to women. Since I started having sex, I am usually
the female, the dormant partner. But do you know that right now, I need two
things; a lover that is committed to me or help me to relocate out of this
country,” she wrote.
