Tag: Transgender

Transgender person found dead

KARACHI: A transgender person was found dead in a flat on Karachi’s Tariq Road on Sunday. According to rescue sources, the body of a 35-year-old...

Two transgender persons injured in Peshawar drive-by shooting

PESHAWAR: Two persons of the transgender community was injured by gunfire on Monday by unknown assailants, police officials reported. The police in their official report, said...

Call for engaging ‘Gurus’ to develop transgender database

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ombudsman’s focal person for Transgender and Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Wednesday urged the authorities concerned to engage "Gurus", leaders of eunuchs groups...

Transgender community protests against murder, delay in treatment of eunuch

PESHAWAR: The transgender community on Monday held a protest demonstration against the murder of a eunuch in Karak and the delay in treatment of another who...

SC urges to formulate policy for social inclusion of transgender persons

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued directives to the federal and all the provincial governments to formulate policy for welfare transgender community...

Chile allows teens over 14 to change their legal sex

Lawmakers in Chile on Wednesday passed legislation allowing people as young as 14 to legally change their name and gender identity. The Chamber of Deputies...

DSP yet to finalise inquiry in transgender robbery case

Deputy Superintendent of Police is yet to conclude an inquiry to find out where the gambling incident involving a transgender occurred, while the inquiry...

Transgender person attacked in Mansehra

MANSEHRA: A member of the transgender community was allegedly attacked and tortured early on Sunday, Mansehra police said. According to a first information report of the...

Transgender person shot dead in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: A transgender person was killed when unidentified persons opened fire on her near the Bara Gate on Thursday. According to the police, the transgender person identified...

Bank account of transgender person opened for first time in Pakistan

MULTAN: For the first time in country’s history, a bank account was opened of a member of the transgender community, according to the spokesman...

Activist to be American TV’s first transgender superhero

A transgender activist who won a discrimination lawsuit after her school refused to let her use the girls’ bathroom will be TV’s first transgender...

Scarlett Johansson pulls out of transgender role after backlash

Scarlett Johansson has quit an upcoming movie role as a transgender criminal following an angry backlash against her casting, she revealed in an interview...

Scarlett Johansson sparks criticism for playing a transgender man

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is drawing criticism for choosing to play the role of a transgender man in an upcoming film, Rub & Tug. According...

Speakers say transgender people deserve equal rights

Sandhu recognises difficulties of trans community at state, social level LAHORE: Speakers at a conference pointed out that transgender people are facing a number of key...

13 transgender persons to contest 2018 polls

ISLAMABAD: At least 13 transgender people will run for office in the upcoming general elections. Two of them will contest for seats in the National Assembly...

Passage of Pakistan’s transgender persons rights law – a ‘battle half...

--'Real challenge lies in fighting for the law to be enforced in its true spirit and that may take another a decade or two' LAHORE:...

Basic rights still denied to transgender community, says petition filed in...

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has asked for details of the recent transgender bill passed by the Senate after a petition was filed in...