Pakistan's parliamentary elections will announce the arrival of a new voting bloc when the country's much-maligned transgender community heads to the polls for the first time. Following their official ...

In conservative Pakistan, where religious extremists wage continuous battles against the government in the name of a strict interpretation of Islam, male cross-dressers, transgender Pakistanis and ...

Claire Pamment, assistant professor of world theatre at William & Mary, believes theatre can change lives. “It’ cliché but I really do believe that it can,” she said. “It has the power to open up ...

Despite a worldwide convoy of aid to Pakistan following floods that devastated the country in 2010, at least one group there says none has reached them: the transgendered community. Pakistani ...

The storming of the British Embassy by students in Tehran was one of the biggest stories of the week. Iran’s parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, said the attack was the result of longstanding animosity ...

On November 9, the second Hijra Festival took place in Karachi. Organised by Kami Sid, Pakistan’s first transgender model, the event was held at Frere Hall. Sid’s mission with the festival was to ...

For many observers, Pakistan’s May 2013 electoral campaigns symbolized a transition to a functioning democracy and the embrace of diversity in a country known for violence and discrimination against ...

IN MARCH, WHEN Tashnuva Anan Shishir appeared on Bangladeshi television screens, she created history as the country’s first transgender news anchor. A few weeks later a madrassa exclusively for khwaja ...

Claire Pamment, assistant professor of world theatre at William & Mary, believes theatre can change lives. “It’ cliché but I really do believe that it can,” she said. “It has the power to open up ...