Transgender musician, Angel Maxine, has been in the news over the controversy surrounding the anti-LGBTQ bill currently being considered by Parliament.
She has, among her many recent actions, released an audio recording of her conversation with a purported Member of Parliament. She is peeved that Parliament plans to pass into law the Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill.
Should the bill be passed, LGBTQ members and their advocates risk imprisonment, although Parliament is still contemplating 3 to 5 years.
For Angel, she was born this way, as she indicated in one of her photos while she was and identified as a man.
Her desire to be a woman became apparent during her days at the university as she pursued a music career. She took on the stage name Sexy Lagazee and performed as a woman in skimpy clothes.
In 2011, Angel gave up performing, having failed to secure an agent or record label but did not give up the name Sexy Lagazee. She decided to abandon the identity of Maxwell Okyere Opoku.
A decade later, she came out to the entire country after showing up for an interview on Okay FM. Angel noted that the aftermath was grave as she lost businesses and feared for her life.
Angel is now vocal and among the many individuals fighting for the rights of LGBTQ members in the country.
Below are before and now pictures of Angel Maxine born Maxwell Okyere Opoku.
