With immense personal bravery, generation of Pakistan transgender candidates try to enter nation’s turbulent politics by running for general election win

Transgender candidates stake claim in Pakistan vote

AFP – Stereotyped as dancers, beggars and prostitutes, Pakistan’s vibrant but shunned transgender community is striking out into politics with individuals contesting elections for the first time. They may only be seven out of 23,000 candidates with little chance of getting elected, but they have livened a closed discussion.