Ohemartin is a Ghanaian transgender born Martin Hughes, is raising awareness of the issue in Ghana on a level never seen before.
Ohemartin is Ghana’s version of Nigerian social media personality Bobrisky – born a guy but transitioned to a woman and managed to build a following on social media.
Ohemartin is not yet on Bob’s level and not made the impact Bobrisky has in making transgenderism mainstream, but she’s on the path to do so.
she revealed how at a very young age she realized that she was in the wrong body as she wanted to be a girl.
“I caught myself in a role I didn’t want to play anymore at the age of 7. The vibe of the boys was annoying. I think it was toxic for me because I felt like a boy playing with girls,” she said.
Ohemartin is an old student of Mfantsipim High School and said she faced discrimination due to her situation.
“High School was the trouble. That was stress. The real hard life because I went to a boys school. I was in Mfantsipim School and it was stressful.
“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.”
