Transgender news, issues and stories from Pakistan
The Pakistani film “Joyland” is rewriting the equation for queer coming-of-age stories. This film is Director Saim Sadiq’s first major project which gives audiences a look into the Pakistani world’s queer and trans community. The […]
In Pakistan, trans people are legally recognized as a third gender. However, trans individuals often continue to experience discrimination and violence. Violence continues to wreak havoc in the trans community with two incidents happening in […]
Exploring Future Foundation (EFF) founded the school in Lahore, the nation’s capital city, with the hope of providing training and skills development for transgender people. To be formally launched in an opening ceremony on April […]
Maavia Malik, a transgender woman, made history for being hired as a newscaster for the local news TV channel Kohenoor TV. The news was announced on Twitter, gathering mostly positive engagement from people in and […]
Transgender people are at a disadvantage with division their family estate. Portions of inheritance are determined by gender, with men getting twice as women. For trans siblings, this could present an issue as they were […]
The Senate’s proposed amendments to The Trangender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill would push forward transgender rights in the country. Among the proposals is the removal of consent from a medical board for legal gender […]
Pakistan is making history by sending transgender people as volunteers for Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the very first time. Atif Amin Hussaini, the head of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association in the province […]
Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat (the Federal Obudsman of Pakistan) has chosen Syeda Viquar-un-Nisa-Hashmi to be a commissioner to represent members of the transgender community. Her expanded role will include addressing grievances and systemic issues through dialogue […]
A short video that shows everyday harassment against transgender people and to change gesture of ridicule to one of support went viral in Pakistan. Uploaded by the Asia Pacific Transgender Network, they hoped that the […]
Pakistan was in the international news lately for the gruesome killing of an unidentified transgender person whose beheaded and decomposing body was dumped in north-western city of Peshawar last Sunday. With growing concerns over the […]
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