All Posts Tagged With: "eunuch"

Pakistan ‘eunuch wedding’ is stopped by police

BBC News Police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar have arrested a man for trying to marry a eunuch, officials say. At least 45 other people, including several eunuchs, have also been arrested for attending the “marriage” ceremony. The pair have denied they were getting married. But correspondents say that this is the first time [...]

26May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Punjab creates ‘transgender’ job category for eunuchs

RAGHAV OHRI – Indian Express The Punjab government has decided to create a separate category in application forms under which eunuchs can apply for government vacancies. Although there was no bar on eunuchs to apply for government jobs, this is the first time the state has given them an option to choose their identity apart [...]

11Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pakistan eunuchs face life full of struggles

By Emmanuel Duparcq (AFP) RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Mohammed Zafar Iqbal used to cash in on his beautiful face and graceful moves, dancing bedecked in midnight blue veils and dresses for clients who sought his perceived closeness to God. But like most of Pakistan’s eunuch and transsexual community — mocked, pitied and shunned by society — [...]

3Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Pakistan to register ‘third sex’ hijras

Basim Usmani – guardian.co.uk A court ruling follows a bid to improve life for Pakistan’s impoverished transgender, transvestite and eunuch community Pakistan’s supreme court recently ruled that all hijras, the Urdu catch-all term for its transvestite, transgender and eunuch community, will be registered by the government as part of a survey that aims to integrate [...]

19Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued