Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret | Real Stories

Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret | Real Stories Flamboyant, colourful and eccentric, many among Pakistan’s marginalised transgender community scrape a living through dancing, singing and begging on the streets of the country’s economic capital, Karachi. Many others, though, earn money catering for the sexual needs of local men in the city’s seedier districts. Investigating a…… Read More

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Two gay-rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh

Two gay-rights activists, including editor of Bangladesh’s only LGBT magazine, have been hacked to death in Dhaka. The killings come just two days after the murder of a university professor in an attack claimed by ISIL. It’s the second such attack in two days. Since last February, suspected militants have killed several secular or atheist…… Read More

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Qatar: The Corrupt And Deadly World Cup?

The Qatar World Cup is controversial – with allegations of corruption, human rights abuses and discrimination of women and LGBT+ people. This video unpacks all the issues surrounding the World Cup – from backroom deals involving Fifa officials like Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini to explaining Qatar’s Kafala system which has exploited migrant workers and…… Read More

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