Transgender leader Jannat Ali has said that the government must ensure safety of their community and has expressed the hope that transgender persons would be part of legislatures one day.
The activist made these comments while addressing a press conference in the Lahore Press Club on the occasion of Transgender Day.
Members of Provincial Assembly Uzma Kardar and Sadia Sohail also participated in the press conference.
Jannat Ali, an activist, said that in the past, transgender persons had been humiliated on the streets, but now they were getting education. Jannat added that the government should ensure that all the culprits who had committed acts of violence against their community receive punishment.
December 19 is celebrated all over Pakistan as Transgender Day.
Jannat stated, “Ignorance towards the community from the police and the families must be stopped. Now we will take our own rights. Equal share should be given to us in the assemblies and we should be given our due share in inheritance also.”
She hoped that one day their community would get representation in the legislatures.
“Inshallah, transgender people will be a part of the National and provincial assemblies in the future,” said Jannat.
Transgender persons from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Gujranwala and Abbottabad participated in the press conference.
“We want to be respected in society. We should have rights like men and women. The government should now recognize us and give us a chance to work in every field,” said the participants.
