Transgender Shot In Pakistan

A transgender was shot multiple times in Pakistan for allegedly resisting sexual advances by a group of armed men who barged in her house, The transgender was at her home when three armed persons barged in and started making sexual advances towards her which she resisted, police said.

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 campaig...

A transgender was shot multiple times in Pakistan for allegedly resisting sexual advances by a group of armed men who barged in her house, The transgender was at her home when three armed persons barged in and started making sexual advances towards her which she resisted, police said.

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 campaig...