Transvestite Politician
» Transgendered
Pervez Akhtar Tanoli is running for political office in Pakistan. That must take a huge amount of courage.
Unlike in some Asian countries, transvestites, known as Hijra in Urdu, are not generally accepted in predominantly Muslim Pakistan.
They are feared for their supposed ability to cast bad spells, or pitied as outcast.
Many transvestites leave their families or are rejected and abandoned around the age of puberty. Many become dancers or drift into homosexual prostitution and begging.
Transvestite eyes local poll victory
