- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Sarwar Alam
Pakistan’s transgender community faced pushback at the country’s general election on Wednesday (25) as five transgender candidates failed to win office and transgender observers and voters were blocked from polling stations, campaigners said. The transgender community had hoped the July 25 ballot would be a step towards greater acceptance after 13 transgender candidates filed papers to run in the election and the Election Commission hired transgender observers for the first time. While Pakistan is deeply conservative and homosexuality is illegal, the country has approved laws giving transgender people better rights than in many other nations including issuing its first passport with a…
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