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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: Shane for Wax on January 04, 2012, 08:57:36 am
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http://www.care2.com/causes/pakistan-transgender-leader-runs-for-election.html
Shahana Abbas Shani, President of Pakistan’s She-male Association, has announced that she will run in elections as an independent candidate for the city of Muzaffargarh for the Punjab provincial assembly.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Shani said that she has made the decision because she wants to discuss problems faced by her community, which she says have been ignored by Pakistani society, in the assembly.
“There is no other way for us to be heard and now when the Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed us to have an identity card, we will fight for our rights,†Shani said.
The landmark 2009 court decision recognizing a ‘third gender’ has not been enforced by authorities, which caused severe problems for trans people during the recent devastating flooding, particularly in Sindh province, through a lack of ID cards. In November of last year the court ordered that they be registered as voters.
During the disaster, transgender people were left out of the aid efforts and denied access to IDP camps because of general prejudice, their non-conforming appearance and their lack of proper identification documents.
This is interesting and I will certainly try to keep an eye on how it goes.
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More power to her... although I cannot see this ending well, I do hope she gets elected.
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I sincerely hope she wins, but she has the sexism attached to being a woman and the transphobia attached to being trans that will certainly impede her.
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Oh I do hope this doesn't end with her getting killed for just being what she is.
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$10 says she has a week left to live at the very most.
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Yeah, I see her getting shot. They aren't too accepting of things like that in the mid east
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Yeah, I see her getting shot. They aren't too accepting of things like that in the mid east
It's South Asia actually. They're more culturally aligned with India, even if they don't admit it.
Edit: I suppose it's Pakistan so it may be understandable, but did really use the term she-male? I thought that was offensive to many transwomen?
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Yeah, I see her getting shot. They aren't too accepting of things like that in the mid east
It's South Asia actually. They're more culturally aligned with India, even if they don't admit it.
Edit: I suppose it's Pakistan so it may be understandable, but did really use the term she-male? I thought that was offensive to many transwomen?
Her odds are not improving
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Yeah, I see her getting shot. They aren't too accepting of things like that in the mid east
It's South Asia actually. They're more culturally aligned with India, even if they don't admit it.
Edit: I suppose it's Pakistan so it may be understandable, but did really use the term she-male? I thought that was offensive to many transwomen?
Her odds are not improving
No, I recognize that she would not do well there. Even in India, they've only recently decriminalize homosexuality (like in the last 5 years) and transgender people are largely invisible, so I don't expect Pakistan to be better in that regard.
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Re: She-male
that is the name their organization chose for themselves if I'm reading things right.
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Ah, well if they use that term for themselves, I suppose that's alright.
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That is an incredibly brave stand to make, even thought I fear a bad outcome. Pakistan isn't exactly known for it's acceptance of progressive ideas or cultural change.
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what a lot of courage that takes, I salute her.
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Yeah...she's gonna get killed....I'm going in on the bet action
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I will say Pakistan is in some ways more socially liberal then India
They actually recognize sex changes where in India they dont