Westernised transgenders or colonised transphobes? Examining the FSC verdict on the Transgender Rights Act
Many of the concerns or panics expressed by petitioners and opponents of the Act echo right-wing Western anti-trans narratives.
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The author is a researcher, author and human rights activist. She has served as a member of the Transgender Task Force, a special committee formed for the review of the Transgender Rights Act, and has also served as a member of the former Chief Justice Special Committee on the status of Transgender CNIC registration.
She contributed to the Transgender rights welfare policy in Punjab and founded the first school for the transgender community in Okara. In 2018, she contested in the general elections from NA-142 Okara.
In recognition of her work, she has been awarded the Franco German Human Rights Prize 2020, APCOM HER
