Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Pakistani transgender activist dies after being shot six times and then being denied treatment

When a 23-year-old transgender activist was shot six times by a gang on Sunday night in northern Pakistan, other members of her community rushed her to a hospital. Violent attacks on transgender people aren't rare in Pakistan, or across South Asia and beyond for that matter, and the group young Alesha coordinated for, Trans Action, had long campaigned for […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/05/25/denied-treatment-at-a-hospital-a-pakistani-transgender-activist-dies-after-being-shot-6-times/

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