Byanyima hits back on twitter after son, Anselm, is referred to as a "girl"

Winnie Byanyima has hit back at a twitter follower who referred to her son, Anselm Besigye, as a girl.

The follower appeared to have made the comment in jest after Anselm, who spots dreadlocks, was photographed with Byanyima and her father Dr Kizza Besigye during a function in which Byanyima officially took over as executive director of UNAIDS in Geneva.

Anselm @akbesigye is a man AND he is not offended, actually amused, when you call him a girl! Have a nice day😊! https://t.co/wFSkfbGJOd

— Winnie Byanyima (@Winnie_Byanyima) November 3, 2019

She was responding to someone who goes by the name TAVi_D'Fish who asked: "So how is your daughter doing?"

In May 2017 after Anselm posted a photo on twitter puffing away at a cigar, Brian Bakampa twitted: “Dear Dr Kizza Besigye and Winnie Byanyima, your son Anselm looks terribly ugly and embarrassing with dreadlocks and now a cigar."

Byanyima tweeted back: "That’s fine too. He is 17."