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The Trans Struggle Caused By Pakistan's Cultural Taboos, Religious Norms
Despite winning the right to medically transition in 2018, many transgender people in Pakistan still turn to unqualified surgeons because of a lack of trained doctors, high costs, and cultural taboos.
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'Treated Like Enemies': Pakistan's Trans Community Alleges Eviction From Homes
Leaders representing transgender individuals on Wednesday accused the police of forcibly removing members of their community from various districts in the province.
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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Marvia Malik, Pakistan's Transgender News Anchor, Attacked By Gunmen In Lahore
Pakistan's first transgender news anchor, Marvia Malik, recently survived a gun attack outside her residence in Lahore.
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A Transgender Islamic School In Pakistan Breaks Barriers
A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan's first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself using her life savings.
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Transgender Woman Issued Driving License, In A First For Pak: Report
Pakistani traffic authorities have for the first time in the country's history, issued a driving licence to a transgender woman, a media report said today. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued Laila Ali her license on the special directives of Islamabad's police chief who said that she had been driving without a licence for a decade,...
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Pak Court Orders Separate Rooms For Transgenders In Hospitals: Report
A court in Pakistan has ordered all state-run hospitals across the Punjab province to ensure separate rooms for the transgender community, the media reported on Thursday.
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Transgender In Pakistan Set On Fire By 4 Men For Resisting Sexual Assault
A transgender in Pakistan died on Saturday after he was set on fire allegedly by four persons when he resisted their attempt to sexually assault him.
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In A First, Transgenders To Be Observers In Pakistan Polls
For the first time in Pakistan''s political history, the Election Commission of Pakistan has given the duty of "observers" to the members of the transgender community.
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Pakistan's First School For Transgenders Begin Classes
Pakistan's first of its kind school for transgenders opened in Lahore on Monday to provide education and vocational skills to people from the community.
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Transgender News Anchor Challenges Barriers In Conservative Pak
Marvia Malik made headlines when she debuted last month on a private television channel in Pakistan, becoming the conservative country's first transgender news anchor. Opinions are mixed about the slim 21-year-old who appears regularly on the Kohenoor News channel in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, but Malik says she has a...
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"My Story No Different From A Hijra On Street": Pakistan's First Transgender News Anchor
The news of her first appearance on local channel Kohenoor TV on Saturday went viral on social media and was just days after she became the first transgender model on the catwalk at the annual Pakistan Fashion Design Council fashion show.
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Pakistan's First Transgender News Anchor Takes Social Media By Storm
A local news channel in Pakistan, Kohenoor TV, has claimed to be the first in the country to hire a transgender person as a news anchor.
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Pakistan To Send Transgenders As Haj Volunteers: Report
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage, a media report said today.
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Pakistan Issues Its First Transgender Passport
Pakistan has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist, who hailed the move as a step forward for the marginalised community in the deeply conservative South Asian country.
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The Trans Struggle Caused By Pakistan's Cultural Taboos, Religious Norms
Despite winning the right to medically transition in 2018, many transgender people in Pakistan still turn to unqualified surgeons because of a lack of trained doctors, high costs, and cultural taboos.
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'Treated Like Enemies': Pakistan's Trans Community Alleges Eviction From Homes
Leaders representing transgender individuals on Wednesday accused the police of forcibly removing members of their community from various districts in the province.
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How Legal Gender Change Is Allowed Or Restricted Around The World
A small number of countries have made it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender, while other nations have restricted such changes, notably Russia and Pakistan
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Marvia Malik, Pakistan's Transgender News Anchor, Attacked By Gunmen In Lahore
Pakistan's first transgender news anchor, Marvia Malik, recently survived a gun attack outside her residence in Lahore.
-
A Transgender Islamic School In Pakistan Breaks Barriers
A long white shawl on her head, Rani Khan gives daily Koran lessons at Pakistan's first transgender-only madrasa, or Islamic religious school, which she set up herself using her life savings.
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Transgender Woman Issued Driving License, In A First For Pak: Report
Pakistani traffic authorities have for the first time in the country's history, issued a driving licence to a transgender woman, a media report said today. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued Laila Ali her license on the special directives of Islamabad's police chief who said that she had been driving without a licence for a decade,...
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Pak Court Orders Separate Rooms For Transgenders In Hospitals: Report
A court in Pakistan has ordered all state-run hospitals across the Punjab province to ensure separate rooms for the transgender community, the media reported on Thursday.
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Transgender In Pakistan Set On Fire By 4 Men For Resisting Sexual Assault
A transgender in Pakistan died on Saturday after he was set on fire allegedly by four persons when he resisted their attempt to sexually assault him.
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In A First, Transgenders To Be Observers In Pakistan Polls
For the first time in Pakistan''s political history, the Election Commission of Pakistan has given the duty of "observers" to the members of the transgender community.
-
Pakistan's First School For Transgenders Begin Classes
Pakistan's first of its kind school for transgenders opened in Lahore on Monday to provide education and vocational skills to people from the community.
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Transgender News Anchor Challenges Barriers In Conservative Pak
Marvia Malik made headlines when she debuted last month on a private television channel in Pakistan, becoming the conservative country's first transgender news anchor. Opinions are mixed about the slim 21-year-old who appears regularly on the Kohenoor News channel in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, but Malik says she has a...
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"My Story No Different From A Hijra On Street": Pakistan's First Transgender News Anchor
The news of her first appearance on local channel Kohenoor TV on Saturday went viral on social media and was just days after she became the first transgender model on the catwalk at the annual Pakistan Fashion Design Council fashion show.
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Pakistan's First Transgender News Anchor Takes Social Media By Storm
A local news channel in Pakistan, Kohenoor TV, has claimed to be the first in the country to hire a transgender person as a news anchor.
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Pakistan To Send Transgenders As Haj Volunteers: Report
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, transgenders will be part of a team of boy scouts being sent to Saudi Arabia to serve as volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage, a media report said today.
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Pakistan Issues Its First Transgender Passport
Pakistan has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist, who hailed the move as a step forward for the marginalised community in the deeply conservative South Asian country.
