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A small victory for Pakistan's transgenders

Started by Shana A, March 03, 2010, 08:24:11 AM

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Shana A

March 03, 2010, 08:24:11 AM
A small victory for Pakistan's transgenders
The nation's hijra community -- mostly eunuchs and hermaphrodites -- has long lived on the margins in the Muslim nation, barely tolerated and more often abused. A new ruling gives its members some rights.

By Mark Magnier
March 3, 2010

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-pakistan-transgender3-2010mar03,0,223161.story

Reporting from Rawalpindi, Pakistan - Wearing a red knit bonnet, matching lipstick and a shawl over her large shoulders and muscular forearms, Nanni gently sought to clear up some confusion as the call to prayer sounded from a nearby mosque.

"I'm a 'she-male,' " said Nanni, a kind of den mother for a dozen or so fellow hijra, or transgender people, in a rundown neighborhood of Rawalpindi. "We all are."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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