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Title: Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media
Post by: Natasha on August 19, 2009, 05:07:23 PM
Post by: Natasha on August 19, 2009, 05:07:23 PM
Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/lack-of-coverage-on-trans_b_262351.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/lack-of-coverage-on-trans_b_262351.html)
8/19/09
It probably wasn't the first time that someone had organized an Independence Day cricket match in Pakistan. But it almost certainly was the first time that such a match occurred between a team of professional cricket players and a team of transgendered Pakistanis.
As the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, the transgendered team won.
Known as hijras, transgendered Pakistanis and Indians have historically lived in their own communities and within their own cultural contexts. The word hijra combines a range of sexual identities -- gay crossdressers, hermaphradites -- who identify as female, and male-to-female transgendered individuals. In Indian and Pakistani English, words like "eunuch" and "transvestite" are often used in place of the word hijra.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/lack-of-coverage-on-trans_b_262351.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanjeev-bery/lack-of-coverage-on-trans_b_262351.html)
8/19/09
It probably wasn't the first time that someone had organized an Independence Day cricket match in Pakistan. But it almost certainly was the first time that such a match occurred between a team of professional cricket players and a team of transgendered Pakistanis.
As the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, the transgendered team won.
Known as hijras, transgendered Pakistanis and Indians have historically lived in their own communities and within their own cultural contexts. The word hijra combines a range of sexual identities -- gay crossdressers, hermaphradites -- who identify as female, and male-to-female transgendered individuals. In Indian and Pakistani English, words like "eunuch" and "transvestite" are often used in place of the word hijra.
Title: Re: Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media
Post by: tekla on August 19, 2009, 05:08:31 PM
Post by: tekla on August 19, 2009, 05:08:31 PM
Oh forget Pakistan, it's cricket we don't cover.