Tag: transphobia
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Protest after Peru classifies transsexuality as mental disorder
LGBTQ groups protested Friday outside Peru’s health ministry after the government issued a decree listing transsexualism as a mental disorder. “It is a decree that takes us back three decades,” said Jorge Apolaya, spokesman of the Collective Pride March, a Lima-based rights group. “We cannot live in a country where we are considered sick,” he…
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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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Transgender activist Zaakraa’s story takes sinister turn, wipes all previous posts
TRIGGER WARNING: discussion of abuse, torture, homophobia Zaakraa has wiped out all of her social media posts, and posted a video saying she didn’t mean what she said previously, and had said it because she had anxiety. “I had uploaded my last video on the recommendation of someone, and at that point I was panicking and severely…
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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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‘Don’t label things as agenda without knowing the complete context’: Muneeb Butt responds to Maria B’s criticism of Sar-e-Rah
When Sar-e-Rah aired its fourth episode, the story shifted to the struggles of an intersex boy who struggled to get love and acceptance from his family, and was determined to work hard and make his father proud. A significant moment in this episode which had caused social media users to declare it as the best…
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Two transgender activists barred from Fly Dubai plane because of X gender
Transgender activist Shahzadi Rai has said on Friday that Fly Dubai had barred her and another transgender activist from travelling on their flight.Rai took to Twitter to share her experience with Fly Dubai stating that she and her Project Manager Zarish were barred from travelling from Karachi to Dubai because of her X gender.The activist…