DIVANEEIn Pakistan and India, Transgendered but No Longer EndangeredBy Sabeen H. Ahmad on February 29th, 2012
http://divanee.com/2012/02/29/in-pakistan-and-india-transgendered-but-no-longer-endangered/The topic of rights for the LGBT community is one that is commonly the catalyst for heated political debates in the United States. But are parts of South Asia jumping ahead of the curve in terms of moving the debate forward?
On this side of the pond, supporters of the LGBT community recently celebrated victories in the states of Washington and Maryland, as same-sex marriages became legal. Advocates in New Hampshire are anxiously waiting to see if a similar, and now two-year-old law, will soon be repealed. And most recently, New Jersey's legislative body passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriages, with a 42-33 vote, but within a short week New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, true to his personal vow, vetoed the bill–thus guaranteeing the debate would continue
