Have we ever thought about a
life that would be deprived if one of the essential character of being a human
was absent in us. Such is a life of the transgender people. Or we can say that
they are totally normal people but the society treats them unemotionally. Making
them feel less, abnormal and nit capable of playing a role in the society.
One is transgender not by choice but biologically. But our conservative society
fails to understand this. A society is regarded as intellectual when they treat
everyone equally be it the education, business or job opportunities. And its not
vague that the Pakistani is not the one.
The word transgender is not new, it has been there in the society throughout the
history. They are not abnormal people instead they are the ones who can prove to
be helpful to the society. Moreover in Pakistan transgender community enjoys
most least amount of respect.
Unfortunately in Pakistani society there exist such stereotypes who constantly
oppress this community. Even they are being deprived of their basic rights. Even
the well educated parents do not let their children to interact with the
transgender people.
The basic thought that comes over and over again is that transgender are only
considered to adopt profession of singing and dancing and not any field that
they can feel respected in. Due the this most of the transgender community is
uneducated as getting education is considered unreal for them. As they are
unable to opt better profession they are found to live in extreme poverty.
Birth of a transgender child is taken as a sign of disrespect and the Parents
most probably handle such children to the community where he is nourished. How
can a Parent be such stone hearted? But it is a heart breaking truth of our
society.
Some portion of the transgender or hijra community, social disgrace and
separation make them outsiders in Pakistan's profoundly moderate society. While
there are no official exact figures on the quantity of transgender or
third-sexual orientation individuals living in the nation, gauges go from 80,000
to 350,000-500,000, with maybe 60-70,000 in Karachi alone.
Defenseless against physical and verbal manhandle, they likewise need to manage
the embarrassing state of mind of cops, specialists at doctor's facilities, and
open authorities. Reports of beatings and different types of brutality
coordinated against them are typical.
It is true that the transgender community is treated unjustly but the way they
try to earn money is definitely not appreciable. They usually earn money by
begging on traffic signals, roaming on the streets and begging on house doors,
they earn money when any birth take place and when there is a wedding, they
dance to songs earn money. All these ways of getting money are not respectable
nor they are a sign of a good human being.
The transgender community needs to understand that if they would play a
respectable role in a society, gradually they will start gaining respect.
Instead of doing the things they usually do, they can start a business of their
own.
The government should also come forward and support this community so that
Parents rather then feeling disgrace on the birth of a transgender, feel secure
about their future. We as a common Pakistani should try our best to treat the
transgender with equal respect as they are human beings just as we are.