starwarsgeek8

starwarsgeek8 t1_ir4qe4t wrote

It's often said that Pakistan is one of only a small handful of nations (South Africa being the only other one I can think of at the moment) where legal protections for transgender people are significantly more progressive than societal attitudes at large. More often, of course, we see things happen the other way around in North America and Europe. Do you think that legal protections can be leveraged to change social attitudes in Pakistan similarly to how social attitudes have changed legal protections in North America and Europe?

Also, what would you say has been and/or will be the primary path for progress on acceptance of transgender people in Pakistani society? Lollywood representation, political representation, increased medical care/insurance coverage, a critical mass of individual coming out/openness, etc.?

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