Tag: Transgender

Transgender persons protection bill: Time to break the barriers now

Trans activists express happiness but say more support needed for implementation of legislation LAHORE: Pakistan has recently ushered into the 21st century with the...

Hina Pervez Butt demands quota in government jobs for transgender persons

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's legislator in the Punjab Assembly, Hina Pervez Butt, demanded that the provincial government should allocate a quota for transgender persons in government...

In a historic step: Transgender to contest NA polls from Okara

OKARA: Taking a historic step, a transgender candidate decided to contest in 2018 general elections for National Assembly seat from Okara. Nayyab Ali, who is an...

Transgender killed in wedding function over money: report

MANSEHRA: A transgender person was killed on Friday allegedly over a money dispute at a marriage function in Kotkay area here, media reports have...

Transgender person shot by brother in Muzaffargarh

MUZAFFARGARH: A transgender person, Nirma, was shot and injured by her brother in the late hours of Tuesday night when the former refused to give...

Depression higher in transgender youth: study

A new study suggested that transgender and gender non-conforming children and adolescents may be more likely to develop depression and other mental health conditions,...

A California film festival to premiere Kami Sid’s ‘Rani’

LAHORE: Pakistan’s transgender model Kami Sid has not only broken stereotypes associated with transgenders in Pakistan but has also taken them a step ahead....

Indian professor claims women who wear jeans give birth to transgenders

An Indian professor made shocking statements in a recent interview where he was quoted saying women who wear jeans give birth to transgender and...

NCHR takes suo motu notice of transgender person’s killing in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Pakistan on Thursday has taken a suo moto notice of a transgender person's murder in Peshawar. The commission has...

Transgender person, another shot dead in Peshawar

A transgender person and her friend were shot dead in Peshawar on Tuesday, police confirmed while talking to a private TV channel. The victims, traveling...

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2017 approved in Senate

ISLAMABAD: The Senate in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, approved a bill for the protection of transgender person rights, empowering them to determine their own...

Riz Ahmed visits transgender communities in Karachi

British actor/rapper recently shared on his Instagram his experience of his visit to a transgender settlement in Karachi during his trip to Pakistan. He was...

Stop evicting transgender persons from homes, PHC orders Mardan DPO

MARDAN: The Mardan District Police Officer (DPO)'s order to evict members of the transgender community from their houses has been blocked by the Peshawar High...

First transgender woman breastfeeds baby for six weeks

In a scientific breakthrough, US doctors have reported the first-ever case of a transgender woman successfully breastfeeding her baby. According to the doctors at...

KP police arrest two suspects over alleged gang rape of transgender:...

PESHAWAR: Peshawar police arrested two of the four suspects accused of raping a transgender person in Faqirabad area of the provincial capital, reported leading...

Cafeteria run by transgender persons at NCA closed down: report

ISLAMABAD:  A cafeteria— run by a group of transgender persons led by Bubbly Malik— at the Rawalpindi campus of the National College of Arts,...

Indonesia police investigate detention of 12 transgender women

BANDA ACEH: Indonesia’s national police chief has ordered an investigation into the detention of 12 transgender women in the province of Aceh, officials said...