For centuries, South Asia has had its own Khawaja Sira or third gender culture. Now, some third gender people in Pakistan say the modern transgender identity is threatening their ancient culture.
In largely Muslim Pakistan, a taboo atheist subculture endures
It’s a country where sex outside marriage is illegal, and gay sexual activity is punishable by death but freelance reporter Mobeen Azhar has just completed a documentary on gay subcultures in Pakistan. He has discovered a more complex reality.