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Title: Pakistan to register 'third sex' hijras
Post by: Natasha on July 18, 2009, 10:39:06 PM
Post by: Natasha on July 18, 2009, 10:39:06 PM
Pakistan to register 'third sex' hijras
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/pakistan-transgender-hijra-third-sex (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/pakistan-transgender-hijra-third-sex)
7/18/09
Pakistan's supreme court recently ruled that all hijras, the Urdu catch-all term for its transvestite, transgender and eunuch community, will be registered by the government as part of a survey that aims to integrate them further into society. The ruling followed a petition by Islamic jurist Dr Mohammad Aslam Khaki, who said the purpose was to "save them from a life of shame".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/pakistan-transgender-hijra-third-sex (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/18/pakistan-transgender-hijra-third-sex)
7/18/09
Pakistan's supreme court recently ruled that all hijras, the Urdu catch-all term for its transvestite, transgender and eunuch community, will be registered by the government as part of a survey that aims to integrate them further into society. The ruling followed a petition by Islamic jurist Dr Mohammad Aslam Khaki, who said the purpose was to "save them from a life of shame".