Kashmiri transgenders are a tormented lot!

Rafeeq Ahmad looked like a male but loved to dress up as a woman due to which she had to face harassment and social discrimination since childhood. Rafeeq’s plight is shared by hundreds of other transgenders of Kashmir valley.
Transgenders are part of the society, but unlike men and women they don’t get the same treatment or respect. They are denied the rights and opportunities other genders avail.
As the 52-year-old transgender, Rafeeq says: “I wanted to study but the society never provided me with the liberty to do so.”
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