Pakistan’s transgendered community, known as ‘hijras,’ demand flood relief aid

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Pakistan's transgendered community, known as  'hijras,' demand  flood relief aid


The hijras accuse the government of slow-walking the cards, despite a decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court to expand the group's rights

By Brian Browdie / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Saturday, January 7 2012, 12:34 PM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/pakistan-transgendered-community-hijras-demand-flood-relief-aid-article-1.1002246?localLinksEnabled=false


Pakistani transgendered people are calling on their government to issue national identity cards they say they need to qualify for emergency flood relief.


Despite a worldwide convoy of aid to Pakistan following floods that devastated the country in 2010, at least one group there says none has reached them: the transgendered community.

Pakistani transgendered people, known as "hijras," are calling on the government to issue them national identity cards they say they need to claim flood relief aid.

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