Transgender community building their mosque in Islamabad
A group of transgender activists are trying to build a mosque on the outskirts of the capital, where they would be able to pray without falling prey to social stigmas. The mosque…
Rare move: Transgender vying as an independent candidate from Jhang
In a rare move an eccentric independent transgender candidate is excepted to siphon off the main candidates’ votes in PP-78 Jhang constituency – which is a stronghold of the Ahle Sunnat Wal…
Police arrest 10 suspects for torturing transgender person
Sialkot police have arrested 10 suspects including prime accused Jajja for brutally torturing a transgender person. The video appearance of a slightly grainy but graphic video clip in which a transgender person…
US comic book starring transgender superhero to hit shelves
Move over, Spider-Man and Superman. Here comes Chalice, a transgender superhero hitting the comic-book world. Chalice makes her debut in September in the “Alters,” a series of stories about a group of…
Transgender activist’s house torched in KP
A transgender came under attack late on Sunday night as unidentified miscreants attempted to torch her house, a private media outfit has reported. Arzu, a government employee and a board member of…
Fatwa allowing transgender marriage triggers shock among community
A religious decree by 50 top Pakistani clerics, declaring that transgender people have full marriage rights under Islamic law, has triggered shock waves among the members of the community, because they viewed…
KP govt allocates Rs200m for transgender community in Rs505bn annual budget
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial cabinet met on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in the chair, to approve the annual budget, having a total outlay of Rs505 billion for the fiscal year 2016-17.…
Trans-Action to sue Lady Reading Hospital admin
Trans-Action Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the inquiry committee report on the death of a transgender Alishah in Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and vowed to file a suit for damages in the court…
KP to introduce comprehensive policy for welfare of transgenders : Ghani
In the wake of transgender activist Alisha’s death in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani announced that a comprehensive policy will be announced in the upcoming budget for the welfare of…
Lifting the veil – giving transgenders a chance one cafe at a time
For many of the trainees this is their shot at an average life. For many of us, the idea of living a ‘normal’ life may seem boring, but for transgendered people ‘normal’ is perpetually out of reach. Or at least it was before initiatives such as the one that landed them into an ice cream parlour.