Police action against transgender dance at fair riles spectators
Chaos erupted during a traditional fair after police intervened to halt a dance performance by transgender persons. According to the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Lundianwala...
View ArticleTrans persons continue to face ostracisation after death
Although navigating through the ups and downs of life is always a tremendously thorny ordeal for transgender persons in K-P surviving on the margins of society, their fated struggle for acceptance...
View ArticleTrans persons continue to face ostracisation after death
Although navigating through the ups and downs of life is always a tremendously thorny ordeal for transgender persons in K-P surviving on the margins of society, their fated struggle for acceptance...
View ArticleTransgender education
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s recent announcement regarding the establishment of a transgender school in every division of the province, alongside directives to provide educational facilities to...
View ArticleFrom the fringe to inclusive growth
Taking a step forward, a first-ever transgender school and shelter called Tahafuz Darsgah has been established near Wildlife Park Jallo, in Lahore. The unique centre where transgender children will be...
View ArticleTrans community observes ‘Visibility Day’
The transgender community in the metropolitan city came together on Saturday to celebrate the ‘International Transgender Day of Visibility’, advocating for peace in Palestine. The event, themed...
View ArticleS Punjab education dept focuses on transgender empowerment
South Punjab School Education Department ( S E D ) S e c r e t a r y D r Obaidullah Khokhar has emphasised the importance of transgender education in fostering skill development and empowering the...
View ArticleTrans transforming young lives
In the labyrinthine alleys of Ibrahim Hyderi, amidst the scent of saltwater and the hum of daily life, a centre radiates hope and transformation. Here, Kamran, affectionately known as Kami, and his...
View ArticleParties deny representation to transgender community
For a political landscape where elected leaders unabashedly belittle the opposition by taking a pejorative dig at their effete demeanour, gender has emerged as a highly binarised category, with a...
View ArticleTransgender trailblazer leads in capital
In the otherwise calm and somewhat dull election campaign mode in the capital, a transgender candidate vying for two constituencies in Islamabad briefly stirred the public’s poll emotions at Aabpara...
View ArticleTransgender women banned from playing international women's cricket
Transgender women who have been through male puberty have been barred from international women's cricket under new regulations announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday. In...
View ArticleSindh Moorat March held
The Sindh Moorat March held at the Frere Hall on Sunday saw participation of transgender community in large numbers, showcasing not only music and dance but also raising their voices for basic rights....
View ArticleNADRA resumes registration of transgender persons
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has announced the resumption of registration for transgender persons, bringing a sigh of relief to the minority community after a three-month...
View ArticleTrafficking haunts transgender community
Even though slavery officially came to its end more than a century ago, covert manifestations of the dehumanising evil continue to plague the lives of millions of marginalised populations across the...
View ArticleSHC gives Sindh govt 3 weeks to respond to trans activists’ plea
The Sindh High Court (SHC) has given three weeks to the Sindh government to respond to a plea filed by transgender activists against not providing treatment to HIV positive trans people at the Civil...
View ArticleKhyber clerics ban music, dancing by transgender persons at weddings
A group of local tribal clerics has once again taken the law into their own hands by imposing a ban on playing music and dancing by transgender persons during weddings in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber...
View ArticleWorrying rise in digital hate speech against transgender community: report
A rise in digital hate speech against the transgender community was noted in 2022, said the Cyber Harassment Helpline report released by the Digital Rights Foundation. The report elaborated that the...
View ArticleFrom begging to learning
Mohammad Ali, known as Kabootri, is a 35-year-old transgender from Jacobabad, Sindh. His parents threw him out when he was 13 and since then he has lived and grown up with other transgenders. “It is...
View Article30 trans people complete Quranic lessons in Lahore
In a historic first, a group of 30 individuals belonging to the transgender community in Lahore have completed their Quranic lessons and were gifted a copy of the Holy Quran upon the completion of...
View ArticleTrans persons to get Rs7,000 stipend
Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Shazia Marri on Sunday announced Rs7000 allowance to transgender persons to be disbursed every third month under the Benazir Kafalat programme....
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