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Eunuchs in Pakistan Face Life Full of Struggles

Started by Natasha, February 05, 2010, 05:05:58 AM

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Eunuchs in Pakistan Face Life Full of Struggles

http://www.medindia.net/news/Eunuchs-in-Pakistan-Face-Life-Full-of-Struggles-64572-1.htm
2/4/10

There was a time when Mohammed Zafar Iqbal used to cash in on his beautiful face and graceful moves, dancing bedecked in midnight blue veils and dresses for clients who sought his perceived closeness to God.

But like most of Pakistan's eunuch and transsexual community -- mocked, pitied and shunned by society -- his life has mostly been marred by hardship and suffering, peaking seven years ago when he was brutally attacked.
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