Chimamanda Adichie clarifies her statement. "We should be able to acknowledge differences while also being supportive"

Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, over the weekend found herself at the centre of a controversy over gender identity after the comments she made about transgender women during an interview with the U.K Channels 4 while promoting her new book, Dear Ijeawele. "When people talk about, 'Are trans women women?' my feeling is trans women are trans women" the author said.