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Title: Video: Major Pakistan newspaper focuses on homosexuality
Post by: SandraJane on October 31, 2011, 09:36:59 PM
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Video: Major Pakistan newspaper focuses on homosexuality

Source: Express Tribune | Monday, 31 October 2011


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The Tribune Take - homosexuality in Pakistan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPwjoB1_o4Y&feature=player_embedded#)


Tribune magazine and blog editors talk about their coverage of homosexuality and the role the internet plays with the nascent LGBT community in Pakistan.By Hani Taha

At first glance, the PQM's flag looks like that of any political party. It proudly displays the star and crescent against a rainbow-hued spectrum of reds, purples and blues, depicting a Pakistan that is not simply green and white, but capable of embracing all shades of being and behaviour. But this isn't the flag of a political party and the acronym PQM stands for the Pakistan Queer Movement, not — as some may imagine — the Pakistan Qaumi Mahaz.The brainchild of 18-year-old Nuwas Manto, the PQM, in its own words, seeks "respect, equality and freedoms for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Pakistan."