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Pakistan transgender rights
![Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive? Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-12-194554.jpg)
Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive?
By Somaiyah Hafeez
The 2018 Transgender Persons Act – one of the most progressive in the world – has been gutted by the country’s top Shariah court.
![In Pakistan, Trans Men Search for Inclusion, Visibility In Pakistan, Trans Men Search for Inclusion, Visibility](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-19-123627.jpg)
In Pakistan, Trans Men Search for Inclusion, Visibility
By Riazat Butt
While cultural traditions provide some space for trans women, trans men are invisible and live isolated lives.
![Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-28-190639.jpg)
Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community
By Somaiyah Hafeez
Pakistan’s transgender community has notched several historic successes in recent years, but discrimination remains rampant.
![COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Pakistan’s Transgender Community COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Pakistan’s Transgender Community](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-01-12.jpg)
COVID-19 Takes a Toll on Pakistan’s Transgender Community
By Ebad Ahmed
Transgender people in Pakistan were already marginalized. Now the pandemic is adding to their plight.
![Pakistani Clerics Issue Fatwa Approving Transgender Marriage Pakistani Clerics Issue Fatwa Approving Transgender Marriage](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/1719_52437f8642430.jpg)
Pakistani Clerics Issue Fatwa Approving Transgender Marriage
By Roshni Kapur
A group of Pakistani clerics issued a religious decree ruling transgender marriages is permissible.
![A Transgender Tragedy in Pakistan A Transgender Tragedy in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-08_13-53-10.jpg)
A Transgender Tragedy in Pakistan
By Umer Ali
The murder of a transgender woman sheds light on the oppression the trans community faces in Pakistan.
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