Tag: transgender community
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‘Dangerous and irresponsible’: Ushna Shah calls out Maria B for misusing Palestine activism
Actress Ushna Shah took to her X (formerly Twitter) account to call out controversial fashion designer Maria B for misusing her tweets and photos from the Palestine march in Karachi to malign the transgender movement. “Maria B’s collaboration with questionable low grade bloggers and use of my tweets and photos from the Palestine March —…
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What was the backlash on Aurat March’s ‘people with uterus’ post all about? An organizer explains
Three days ago, the women rights movement Aurat March’s Karachi page uploaded a detailed statement on their Twitter account addressing the backlash surrounding the term ‘people with uteruses’. The term was used in a statement announcing a feminist baithak a few days ago, where women and people of other genders were invited to discuss the…
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‘No one was available’: Ali Rehman on why transgender actors weren’t hired for Guru
Actor Ali Rehman Khan is currently playing the role of a transgender woman in the Express Entertainment drama ‘Guru’. The drama is facing intense backlash from social media users, especially transgender activists like Shahzadi Rai, who condemned the limited spaces allowed to members of the transgender community within the entertainment industry to be able to…
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Maria B has yet another factually incorrect take on transgender people
Designer Maria B has yet again decided to court controversy. The fashion maven took to social media to disperse more of her opinions about transgender communities, because she knows them better than the experts from the community, right? On Friday, the face behind the fashion brand ‘Maria B’ tweeted how the biggest threats to women…
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Pakistani transgender comedian and activist barred from using Emirates
Pakistani transgender activist and stand up comedian Anaya Rahimi took to Twitter to share that she was preventing from boarding an Emirates flight to Tunisia because of the X gender on her card, which signifies that she is a trans woman. Describing the experience in an Instagram post, Rahimi said that the Emirates staff misbehaved…
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Nawazuddin’s ‘Haddi’ hired 300 transgenders for research and acting
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be playing a transgender in the film ‘Haddi’, a movie that will also star 300 transgenders, according to debutante producers Sanjay Saha and Raadhika Nanda. “The process was very adventurous and hard at the same time. It was not very difficult to convince them as we were also learning their life experiences…
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Exclusive: Transgender activist Shahzadi Rai discusses inclusive education policy initiated by Sindh Govt
Transgender activist Shahzadi Rai took to social media to announce that she was collaborating with Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah to work on the first ever transgender inclusive education policy, which will allow more members of the khwaja sira community to enroll into schools and continue to pursue higher education through scholarship programs set up…
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History made as Shahzadi Rai becomes first transgender to serve on Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
Shahzadi Rai announced on her Twitter account on Wednesday that she has become the first transgender person to serve on the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), the first such appointment in history. In a tweet she said: “I’m excited to share that I have submitted my papers KMC for transgender/Khawajasara reserved seats. It is the first…
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Transgender activist Shehzadi Rai, Twitter users criticise ‘Guru’ for hiring cis man to play intersex character
Express Entertainment has recently released the teaser trailer of the upcoming drama ‘Guru’ about an intersex character, with the main character to be played by Ali Rehman Khan. The announcement has received backlash on social media, with transgender activists like Shehzadi Rai taking to Twitter to criticise how such castings prevent opportunities for members of…
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Bollywood set to make biopic on legendary Pakistani host, Begum Nawazish Ali
Indian streaming platform EORTV has announced that they are in the process of making a biopic based on the life of the queer icon and Pakistani television host Ali Saleem, who was famous for his cross-dressing alter ego Begum Nawazish Ali. His popular talk show ‘Late Nights With Begum Nawazish Ali’ featured interviews with actors,…