Richard Anumene is an American ex-transgender activist. Anumene gets money and attention by making it harder for others to get transgender healthcare.
Background
Richard Ikechukwu Anumene was born in August 1994 to parents who emigrated from Nigeria. Anumene has one sibling.
Anumene reportedly experienced “frequent physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of my parents and brother” that led to therapy at age 7.
Anumene graduated from Sacramento High in 2010.
Anumene’s alleged disorders, diseases, “comorbidities,” and maladies include:
- major depressive disorder
- suicidal ideation
- bipolar manic episodes
- PTSD
- schizophrenia
- “gender confused behaviors”
- drug use
- distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self and behavior
- flashbacks and nightmares
- changes in mood, energy, and ability to function lasting days to weeks
- feeling sad or having a depressed mood
- loss of interest or pleasure in activities
- changes in appetite
- weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting
- trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
- loss of energy or increased fatigue
Anumene began identifying as transgender in 2014, at age 20.
Anumene attended American River College from 2017 to 2020. In 2017, Terri Conner filed a civil harrassment complaint against Anumene, seeking a permanent restraining order.
Anumene got a legal name and gender change at age 25 in June 2020, using the name Rika Ilay Abbir. Anumene had facial feminization surgery in November 2020 and vaginoplasty in March 2021.
By July 2021, Anumene felt regret and began detransitioning at age 27.
Anumene reports the following issues since transition:
- frequent bleeding
- urinary incontinence
- urinary tract infections
- alone, confused, and devastated
- “a faux woman lacking any capacity to procreate”
- “no feeling will ever be strong enough to undo the truth of plaintiff being irrevocably male.”
Activism
In 2022, Anumene sued several healthcare providers.
Anumene testified in support of Ohio House Bill 68 banning gender effirming care.
In 2024, Anumene spoke at Detrans Awareness Day.
References
Watkins, Daniel L. (March 22, 2022). Richard Ikechukwu Anumene v. The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. et al. Case No.: CGC-22-598800 https://unicourt.com/case/ca-sfc-richard-ikechukwu-anuneme-vs-the-permanente-medical-group-inc-et-al-690656
Terri Conner v. Richard Anumene
Media
Benjamin A. Boyce (November 5, 2023). Trauma and Transition | a Detrans Story, with Richard Anumene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdQST1yzrgc
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