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Pakistan gained independence in 1947 and adapted the same laws regarding LGBT under the Pakistan Penal Code. The Pakistan Penal Code states, "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term ...
Some transgender women in Pakistan use hormones and silicone to bring focus on their feminine characteristics; however, this is usually done in terrible medical conditions without proper equipment and supervision, as expensive sex change surgeries in Pakistan are not done mostly due to lack of education on the topic and the taboos of society. [96]
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights, culture, people, and organisations in Pakistan Wikimedia Commons has media related to LGBT in Pakistan . Subcategories
Sex industry in Pakistan (3 C, 1 P) L. LGBTQ in Pakistan (6 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 23:39 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Transgender people are regular targets of violence in the country. Between 2015 and September 2020, 68 transgender people were killed in Pakistan, and 1,500 were sexually assaulted in multiple incidents. In 2018, transgender people reportedly experienced 479 violence incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [5]
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2017 is a bill passed by Senate of Pakistan to recognize transgender rights and allow transgender individuals to register as their true gender. [ 1 ] References
Poshida: Hidden LGBT Pakistan is a 2015 Pakistani and British documentary about the LGBT community in Pakistan. Created by Faizan Fiaz and others, [1] [2] the 25-minute documentary explores the lives of a group of LGBT Pakistanis. It was described by the Daily Pakistan as the first ever movie on the topic.
Karo can be directly translated as "black [or 'blackened'] man" and kari as "black [or 'blackened] woman" [5] and refers to sexual intercourse outside the bonds of marriage. [15] The term karo-kari is commonly used as a synonym to honour killing, [ 5 ] especially in the Sindh region of Pakistan.