Trans Candidate Seeking Pakistani Office: We're Citizens Too
By: Dan Allen
On: Dec 30, 2011
http://www.queerty.com/trans-candidate-seeking-pakistani-office-20111230/The president of Pakistan's She-male Association, Shahana Abbas Shani, has announced that she will run for a seat on the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, the country's most populous province.
Speaking with Pakistan's Express Tribune this week, Shani says her goal is to bring to light problems faced by the country's large but largely disenfranchised transgender community.
"There is no other way for us to be heard," says Shani, "and now when the Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed us to have an identity card, we will fight for our rights."
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In Pakistan, a transgender leader is standing for election
Paul Canning – LGBT Asylum News
December 30th, 2011
http://sdgln.com/news/2011/12/30/pakistan-transgender-leader-standing-electionShahana Abbas Shani, president of Pakistan's She-male Association, has announced that she will contest elections as an independent candidate for Muzaffargarh for the Punjab provincial assembly.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Shani said that she has made the decision because she wants to discuss problems faced by her community, which she says have been ignored by Pakistani society, in the assembly.
