Transgenders need to be accepted into mainstream

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Transgenders need to be accepted into mainstream
Faiza Ilyas

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/16/transgenders-need-to-be-accepted-into-mainstream.html

KARACHI: Having spent her life as a social outcast for more than 15 years, Sajid Hussain, a transgender now known as Laila, today finds no reason to live any longer in the largely conservative society.

She says she believes even her death will not grieve her family and it is for this reason that she has collected money for her burial and wants to entrust it to someone who will use it in accordance with her will.

"I even thought of having narban (getting castrated) a few months ago so that I could attain a better status in my community. But my sangat (close friends) convinced me that it's a major sin and I shouldn't spoil the life hereafter," she says impassively.