Tuck shares last year’s conversation with Nigerian fashion designer and activist Fola Francis (she/her/they). Topics include:

• Dodging a blacklist to walk in Lagos Fashion Week
• Advice for other people living under anti-LGBTQ laws 
• “Queerness has always been very African” 
• Hosting several of Lagos’s first balls
• Plus: Nigerian healthcare, Dolls Activities, and And Just Like That… 

This Week in Gender: Remembering Fola. 

A full episode transcript is available at genderpodcast.com/listen.

You can find archives of Fola’s life at @folafrancis and @thefolafrancis. 

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