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A collection of first-hand narrations that provide a raw and intimate look into the lives of Nigeria´s queer women.Some Girls Want Wives challenges our assumptions about what it means to be lesbian, bisexual or transgender in Nigeria today.

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Some Girls Want Wives is a first-hand narration by a community telling their stories on their own terms. The collection includes stories of first time love and curiosity, navigating same-sex feelings and spirituality, growing up gender non-conforming and overcoming family and society´s expectations. As one person learns how to embrace the label of woman´, another unravels themselves to ask what it means to be a queer Nigerian. While some tell of self-acceptance, another talks of friendship and building a home in the midst of the anti-same sex marriage law. They range from those who knew they were gay from a very early age to those who discovered their attraction to the same sex later in life. None of the stories are alike, yet all of them are the same. They challenge the stereotypes of what we assume is lesbian, bisexual, gay, and trans in Nigeria and they offer us a raw, first-hand look into the lives and realities of our family, friends, neighbours and co-workers who are queer.

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Chitra Nagarajan is an activist, researcher and writer. She has spent the last 15 years working on human rights and peace building and is involved in feminist, anti-racist, anti-fundamentalist and queer movements. She currently lives and works in Maiduguri, Nigeria, focusing on conflict mitigation, civilian protection and women´s rights. Chitra spends a lot of time trying not to argue with strangers on the internet.

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