The NY Daily News has captured tender and fun moments of Transgendered Pakistanis in a beautiful slide show. The NY Daily News article shows the daily struggle they face beyond the glitz and glamor. They are invited to celebrate and participate at family events, weddings and birthdays. Yet, unfortunately, our transgendered brothers and sisters struggle everyday to gain acceptance and fight discrimination on a daily basis outside of these occasions.

The Indo-American Arts Council’s 12th Annual New York Indian Film Festival kicks off next week – May 23 – 27. This year, the film festival will feature two Pakistani films – “Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret” and Oscar winner “Saving Face” by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid- Chinoy. “Transgenders: Pakistan’s Open Secret” focuses on a segment of Karachi’s transgender community while “Saving Face”, Winner 2012 Oscar for Best Documentary Short, takes

Last week, the Guardian ran a piece, accompanied by a beautiful series of photos, on the “unlikely revolution” currently taking place among Pakistan’s transgender community. Recently, the Supreme Court has issued a series of ground-breaking judgments in favour of the community and hijras from the southern city of Sukkur fielded the country’s first transgender cricket team.