national/world - 2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan

Riaz Khan

AP

Mardan, Pakistan

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national/world - Pakistan's transgender community gets a ride-sharing service for safety

Associated Press

NBC News

Lahore, Pakistan

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Transgender Afghans escape Taliban persecution only to find "a worse situation" as refugees in Pakistan

Sami Yousafzai

CBS News

Islamabad, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistani Transgender Woman Finds a Niche in Tailoring

Syed Raza Hassan

US News & World Report

Karachi, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistan’s first transgender-only madrasa breaks barriers

Press

Al Jazerrah

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Pakistan - Pakistan's First Transgender Lawyer Goes From Begging to Fighting in Court

 Syed Raza Hassan

US News & World Report

Faisalabad, Pakistan

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lead story - Virus pushes Pakistan's transgender dancers out of their homes

Sajjad Tarakzai
CTV

Islamabad, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistan Official Supports Transgender Community Amid COVID-19

Kyle Knight
Human Rights Watch

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Pakistan - In a first: Transgender woman represents Pakistan at UN

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United Nations

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ezs note:  Wow!  Congratulations, Aisha! 

lead story - Transgender in Pakistan: Maya, the woman who almost broke free

M. Ilyas Khan
BBC News

Nowshera, Pakistan

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lead story - Transgender woman from Pakistan finds peace in Germany

Esther Felden
Deutsche Welle

Cologne, Germany

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lead story - 2 transgender women tortured, killed in Pakistan

AP
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Punjab, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistan's police arrest father for killing transgender son

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Nowshera, Pakistan

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Pakistan - Pakistan prime minister Imran launches low cost housing finance scheme

Ashfaq Ahmed
gulfnews.com

Islamabad, Pakistan

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ezs note:  The mention is very brief, in the fifth paragraph.  There, the transgender community is mentioned, as part of a government program regarding housing.  It's early to tell, but if it works well, it could bode well for the transgender community.

civil rights - What Pakistan gets right and the US gets wrong on trans rights

Shamus Khan, Joss Greene
CNN

Lahore, Pakistan

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lead story - Transgender in Pakistan Set on Fire, Killed by Four Men for Resisting Sexual Assault

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Lahore, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistan Makes Arrests After Killing, Mutilation Of Transgender Person

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Wagah, Pakistan

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lead story - Pakistan Passes Historic Transgender Rights Bill

Sasha Ingber
NPR

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lead story - Another Transgender Woman Killed in Pakistan

Saroop Ijaj
Human Rights Watch

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lead story - Pakistan launches first school for transgender people

Chloe Chaplain
Evening Standard.

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