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 transgender bearing torture marks was found in…
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 that the victims-named Adnan and Kamran- where residents…
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 who take abandoned transgender into care, to develop…
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 was injured in the firing. Transgenders belonging to…
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 for ensuring their constitutional right to living a…
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 passed the Gender Identity Law by a…
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 of a First Information Report (FIR) against the…
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 incident, a man accompanied by his relatives…
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 as Nasir alias Nazo was shot dead…
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 of First Woman Bank. The spokesman said that…
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 superhero. Nicole Maines will star in The CW/Warner…
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 reported widely in US media on Friday. The…
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 to the Hollywood Reporter, people criticised the…
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 challenges that lead to violations related to human…
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 while the rest will contest for seats…
Passage of Pakistan’s transgender persons rights law – a ‘battle half won’
–‘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: Bindya Rana wipes away tears of joy…
Basic rights still denied to transgender community, says petition filed in LHC
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 the court pertaining to basic rights of the…