Undertones: Transwomen in Pakistan reclaim their ancestral heritage

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices' Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. Welcome to the 50th edition of Undertones, the newsletter in which we dive into little-known narratives from around the world. This week we present to you perspectives regarding Pakistan's queer communities thanks to researchers Fatima Zaidi and Ali Osman. We will see how far-right narratives from the United States and Russia are copy-pasted in Pakistan, and how Pakistani gender non-conforming communities try to remind their fellow citizens that the khwaja siras are embedded in the r…

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