In May 2018, Pakistan's Parliament approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018. The law was enacted following nine years of concerted judiSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Pakistan's transgender community activists and supporters gather during Moorat march in Karachi.RIZWAN TABASSUM via Getty Images However, clerics and representatives from religious parties say the law has the potential to promote homosexuality in this conservative country with a Muslim majority. They wan...
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“Singling out Turing just because he is famous is wrong. Unlike Alan, many thousands of ordinary gay and bisexual men who were convicted under the same law have never been offered a pardon and will never get one. An apology and pardon is due to another 50,000-plus men who were also c...
"We are in a worse situation" Jannat and Laila decided they were no longer safe in their country — though Jannat said she'd had serious concerns about seeking safety in Pakistan. "I used to read about the violence against transgenders in Pakistan," she said. "It made me scared, but ...
Transgender-only school soon to rise in Pakistan May 3, 2018 Maki 0 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 ...
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A majority of the transgender community across Pakistan has rejected as flawed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017, recently passed by the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights. 'Back to square one' for transgender law: activists As per India census, 2011, the population...
many cases were brought before the court by transgender individuals seeking gender-related orders. There was hope that Parliament would address and rectify the complexities within the law. However, the Federal Sharia Court reviewed it in light of the Quran and the Sunnah, resulting in significant...
In Pakistan, the hijra gender role includes true intersex people (khusras), crossdressers (zenanas) and eunuchs (narnbans). Hijras are also known as Aravani/Aruvani or Jagappa in other areas. A eunuch is a man who ( by the common definition of the term) may have been castrated, ...