Two men armed with daggers killed two trans women at their home in Pakistan overnight before fleeing the scene, a sign of increasing violence against trans people in the country. The killings happened in Mardan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police said, adding that while motive was unclear, the victims had been buried […]
India has opened its first school to provide free education for trans people, with over 25 students having already joined.
The first trans inclusive madrasa has opened in Pakistan.
The first trans inclusive toilets in Delhi, the capital of India, are currently in construction and are due to be opened shortly.
Nisha Rao, 28, is Pakistan’s first transgender lawyer after she went from begging on the streets to gaining her law license earlier this year and joining the Karachi Bar Association.
The Saaf Bath project is a new campaign in Karachi, Pakistan which is building privately managed toilets out of old shipping containers, with the aim of providing safe and sanitary facilities for trans people, women and the disabled.
On Saturday October 24, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Social Welfare Department – based in Peshawar, the capital of the Pakistani province – laid out new policies to increase protections for the area’s transgender community.
Trans woman and activist Gul Panra was murdered in Peshawar city on Wednesday 9 September.
Trans Community in Pakistan faces acute lockdown hardship
