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A Transgender Bangladeshi Changes Perceptions After Catching Murder Sur suspects

Started by stephaniec, April 03, 2015, 07:36:44 PM

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April 03, 2015, 07:36:44 PM Last Edit: April 03, 2015, 10:25:48 PM by mrs izzy
A Transgender Bangladeshi Changes Perceptions After Catching Murder Suspects

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/world/asia/an-act-of-courage-catches-murder-suspects-and-changes-perceptions-in-bangladesh.html?_r=0

New York Times/by Julfikar Alimanik   and Ellen Barry  4'02/2015

DHAKA, Bangladesh — ' In an alleyway of a marketplace specializing in meat and live chickens, up a few narrow , precipitous flights of cement stairs, can be found the most sought-after transgender crime fighter in Bangladesh.'

"After three days of searching, a reporter found her on Thursday, and she agreed to tell her story publicly for the first time. She was willing to speak only after her mentor, another hijra named Sapna Hijra, granted her permission.
The blogger, Oyasiqur Rhaman, 27, was attacked by three young men, who had reportedly been ordered to kill him for writing comments critical of Islam on social media. Ms. Hijra grabbed the T-shirts of the fleeing men, who were students. As they struggled in her grasp, a machete fell out of one man's bag and clattered to the ground. One of the men whacked at her hand and shouted at her to let him go, and she yelled back, "Shut up!"



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