{"id":768,"date":"2022-11-01T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamondyao.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2022-11-01T17:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:34:15","slug":"pakistans-trans-community-fears-loss-of-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamondyao.com\/fr\/2022\/11\/01\/pakistans-trans-community-fears-loss-of-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s trans community fears loss of protections as senator launches attack on trans rights bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-8 column1-desktop-grid__start-3 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, Pakistan\u2019s largest religious party, filed a petition to rescind protections for trans people in the country arguing that Pakistan\u2019s 2018 Transgender Rights Bill went against the country\u2019s Islamic principles. The senator also suggested that people who wish to change their gender marker should undergo a medical test first, though he did not clarify what exactly the test would entail. Previously the senator has also said that \u201cTransgender is an American term, it has no place in Islam, and the legislation regarding the transgender community is against Quran and Sunnah, and it will promote homosexuality\u201d. The bill in question protects a number of rights, including trans people\u2019s rights to be referred to by \u201cself-perceived\u201d gender and to update their ID and existing documents to reflect this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/power\/pakistan-trans-rights-bill-236458\">This article<\/a> is published in Xtra Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami Party, Pakistan\u2019s largest religious party, filed a petition to rescind protections for trans people in the country arguing that Pakistan\u2019s 2018 Transgender Rights Bill went against the country\u2019s Islamic principles. 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