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Pakistan's First Transgender Newscaster Maavia Malik Appears On TV Screen
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Are you out of your mind. Where did they come here from racist moron ?
What do you smoke dude ? I can't find that quality even in Amsterdam de wollen.
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Qanoon kia kehta hai?
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Qanoon kia hota ha ?
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Depend on where it’s, in jungle the definition is different in civilized world than it’s again a different definition, in Pakistan we have that word only easily could put where u want and situation need.
I think Transgender people accepted well in Pakistan than any other country, We even have a political party whose entire support base is transgender community supporting that specific party only for the good looks of party leader.
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Some of the responses on this topic are shameful. Many transgender people are as they are due to nature not 53xual perversion. It is only right they have the same access to society everyone else has. They should not be forced into begging and 5ex work for perverts like some of those responding.
Pakistanis are the most cruel people to their own, instead of being sympethatic these people become a joke and target of sexual predators, as if someone is transgender by choice.
they do what they do because families outcast them and no one is willing to give them legitimate work....pait to hay na
they do what they do because families outcast them and no one is willing to give them legitimate work....pait to hay na
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Every right is protected.
There should exist laws while Man and Woman make marriage as of now.
Now what about inheritance if legal status of the third sex.
When i talk about rights. I talk about the law.
People need to know the laws these days.
So do you know?
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I'm here to change my community's destiny, says Pakistan's first transgender news anchor Marvia
SHEHARYAR RIZWAN
Marvia says she came in for an interview at Kohenoor News over three months ago and was hired the same day
Marvia Malik is believed to be Pakistan's first trangender news anchor
A local news channel claims to have made history by hiring the country’s first transgender news anchor.
Having aired for the first time 10 years ago, Kohenoor News re-launched on Friday with an elaborate ceremony where it also announced its hiring of transgender individual Marvia Malik as a news anchor – apparently a first in Pakistan’s media history.
The response to this initiative could be gauged from the appreciation it has received on social media with tweets and video messages by scores of people including renowned journalists and TV personalities.
Who is Marvia Malik?
Lahore-based Marvia, not Maavia as she's been called before, is confident, determined, ambitious and goal-oriented.
She has a bachelors degree and has now applied for admission to a masters of arts programme. She claims to have read the basics of journalism and civics and has already dabbled in modelling; she recently made headlines by walking the runway at the PFDC fashion week in Lahore earlier this month.
Marvia made her runway debut at the recently held PSFW in Lahore
“I have several modelling offers that I’m considering, but I want to do something for my community that I feel is way behind. So I want to strengthen my people. Everywhere we go, a transgender person is looked down upon. But there’s nothing we can’t do; we’re educated, have degrees, but no opportunities, no encouragement. This is what I want to change. Just as I created history in the fashion industry, I want to do the same in the media industry.”
Marvia says she had made up her mind as a child that she doesn’t want to end up where her fellow transgenders do: dancing on the streets, begging, selling their bodies. She wanted to become either a journalist or a lawyer.
“The story of every transgender is the same whether they beg on the street or end up becoming the prime minister; we all suffer: our families disown us, beat us up. It’s the same for me. I worked really hard to be where I am – worked at parlours (eventually becoming a trained make-up artist), did odd jobs, but refused to beg or dance. I wanted to make a name for myself and eventually for my community. My family only helped me till my matriculation, but I supported myself for intermediate and graduation.”
"There’s nothing transgender people can’t do; we’re educated, have degrees, but no opportunities, no encouragement. I want to change this." — Marvia Malik
All her life she has faced abuse of all kinds, which Marvia claims has made her stronger as a person and in her resolve. So determined was she to make a name for herself that during her two-year intermediate from a boys’ college, she ignored every comment, every remark that came her way with her head held high.
She strongly feels the transgender community has not been supported despite several tall claims by authorities. “Pakistan has been independent for so long, yet we don’t have the same rights as any other individual in the country. Only claims have been made and promises of quota in government jobs, but nothing has come out of it.”
Marvia admits she's getting more attention and respect than any fresh news anchor at the channel
Marvia has another plan too. She wants to push for a law making mandatory for families to give transgender persons their share in property as a boy or girl is. “Transgenders are forced to dance and beg because they have no other means to make ends meet. When they are shunned by families, they have nowhere else to go. My trans friends who have masters degrees don’t have jobs which is why they end up on streets or become sex workers. This is why I want to push for a law so a transgender, if disowned, can make a living out of the share in property.”
About landing the job at Kohenoor News and the experience so far, Marvia says she applied when positions were advertised, came in for an interview over three months ago and was hired the same day. “The channel management told me the same day they wanted to support me and my community and help us get our rights and an honourable place in society. The three-month training also went like a breeze because everyone is so friendly, loving and helpful. It feels like home here at work; I feel they’re all my family because I never got a family’s love. Even the experienced anchors helped me a lot.”
Marvia tells us she’s receiving the same salary, perks and privileges that any fresh news anchor at the channel would, but is getting much more attention and respect than everyone else.
"The three-month training at Kohenoor News went like a breeze because everyone is so friendly, loving and helpful. It feels like home here at work; I feel they’re all my family because I never got a family’s love." — Marvia
Sharing her thought about survival as a trans person, Marvia says for over a year she’s been troubled by the fact that as a child they’re not accepted by their family, on the streets society doesn’t accept them despite becoming its source of entertainment, in old age one has to work as domestic worker and after death their burial is a struggle because they’re essentially a disowned body and the community has to collect funds for burial.
“I don’t want to die like this. My circumstances have made me confident and bold. I have set out on this journey to change lives of transgenders. Like I said earlier, there is no difference in the life and story of any transgender in this country. There is only one reason: family acceptance. If that property law gets promulgated I can guarantee no family will ever disown a trans child.”
She firmly believes that only one’s skill and talent should serve as criteria for job recruitment. “Gender ka kya hai? Kapron mein sab kuch chhup jaata hai (What is gender? Everything is eventually concealed under your clothes). We only need to change our mentality and everything else will change itself. I’m here to change my community’s destiny, not represent myself as an individual.”
As a parting note, she recites a verse summing up the difference between society’s approach and of those with a positive attitude. “Neak ne neak samjha, bad ne bad samjha. Jis ka jitna zarf tha us ne utna samjha.”
SHEHARYAR RIZWAN
Marvia says she came in for an interview at Kohenoor News over three months ago and was hired the same day
Marvia Malik is believed to be Pakistan's first trangender news anchor
A local news channel claims to have made history by hiring the country’s first transgender news anchor.
Having aired for the first time 10 years ago, Kohenoor News re-launched on Friday with an elaborate ceremony where it also announced its hiring of transgender individual Marvia Malik as a news anchor – apparently a first in Pakistan’s media history.
The response to this initiative could be gauged from the appreciation it has received on social media with tweets and video messages by scores of people including renowned journalists and TV personalities.
Who is Marvia Malik?
Lahore-based Marvia, not Maavia as she's been called before, is confident, determined, ambitious and goal-oriented.
She has a bachelors degree and has now applied for admission to a masters of arts programme. She claims to have read the basics of journalism and civics and has already dabbled in modelling; she recently made headlines by walking the runway at the PFDC fashion week in Lahore earlier this month.
Marvia made her runway debut at the recently held PSFW in Lahore
“I have several modelling offers that I’m considering, but I want to do something for my community that I feel is way behind. So I want to strengthen my people. Everywhere we go, a transgender person is looked down upon. But there’s nothing we can’t do; we’re educated, have degrees, but no opportunities, no encouragement. This is what I want to change. Just as I created history in the fashion industry, I want to do the same in the media industry.”
Marvia says she had made up her mind as a child that she doesn’t want to end up where her fellow transgenders do: dancing on the streets, begging, selling their bodies. She wanted to become either a journalist or a lawyer.
“The story of every transgender is the same whether they beg on the street or end up becoming the prime minister; we all suffer: our families disown us, beat us up. It’s the same for me. I worked really hard to be where I am – worked at parlours (eventually becoming a trained make-up artist), did odd jobs, but refused to beg or dance. I wanted to make a name for myself and eventually for my community. My family only helped me till my matriculation, but I supported myself for intermediate and graduation.”
"There’s nothing transgender people can’t do; we’re educated, have degrees, but no opportunities, no encouragement. I want to change this." — Marvia Malik
All her life she has faced abuse of all kinds, which Marvia claims has made her stronger as a person and in her resolve. So determined was she to make a name for herself that during her two-year intermediate from a boys’ college, she ignored every comment, every remark that came her way with her head held high.
She strongly feels the transgender community has not been supported despite several tall claims by authorities. “Pakistan has been independent for so long, yet we don’t have the same rights as any other individual in the country. Only claims have been made and promises of quota in government jobs, but nothing has come out of it.”
Marvia admits she's getting more attention and respect than any fresh news anchor at the channel
Marvia has another plan too. She wants to push for a law making mandatory for families to give transgender persons their share in property as a boy or girl is. “Transgenders are forced to dance and beg because they have no other means to make ends meet. When they are shunned by families, they have nowhere else to go. My trans friends who have masters degrees don’t have jobs which is why they end up on streets or become sex workers. This is why I want to push for a law so a transgender, if disowned, can make a living out of the share in property.”
About landing the job at Kohenoor News and the experience so far, Marvia says she applied when positions were advertised, came in for an interview over three months ago and was hired the same day. “The channel management told me the same day they wanted to support me and my community and help us get our rights and an honourable place in society. The three-month training also went like a breeze because everyone is so friendly, loving and helpful. It feels like home here at work; I feel they’re all my family because I never got a family’s love. Even the experienced anchors helped me a lot.”
Marvia tells us she’s receiving the same salary, perks and privileges that any fresh news anchor at the channel would, but is getting much more attention and respect than everyone else.
"The three-month training at Kohenoor News went like a breeze because everyone is so friendly, loving and helpful. It feels like home here at work; I feel they’re all my family because I never got a family’s love." — Marvia
Sharing her thought about survival as a trans person, Marvia says for over a year she’s been troubled by the fact that as a child they’re not accepted by their family, on the streets society doesn’t accept them despite becoming its source of entertainment, in old age one has to work as domestic worker and after death their burial is a struggle because they’re essentially a disowned body and the community has to collect funds for burial.
“I don’t want to die like this. My circumstances have made me confident and bold. I have set out on this journey to change lives of transgenders. Like I said earlier, there is no difference in the life and story of any transgender in this country. There is only one reason: family acceptance. If that property law gets promulgated I can guarantee no family will ever disown a trans child.”
She firmly believes that only one’s skill and talent should serve as criteria for job recruitment. “Gender ka kya hai? Kapron mein sab kuch chhup jaata hai (What is gender? Everything is eventually concealed under your clothes). We only need to change our mentality and everything else will change itself. I’m here to change my community’s destiny, not represent myself as an individual.”
As a parting note, she recites a verse summing up the difference between society’s approach and of those with a positive attitude. “Neak ne neak samjha, bad ne bad samjha. Jis ka jitna zarf tha us ne utna samjha.”
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Well that's a first...
"I" never heard neither saw a Transgender on TV or any Public "Exposure" in the Entire Arab world (MENA)...
"I" never heard neither saw a Transgender on TV or any Public "Exposure" in the Entire Arab world (MENA)...
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Transgender activist Kami Sid is gearing up for her drama debut with Dil-e-Nadan
"The character will evoke interest as well as empathy," shares Kami
Kami with veteran actor, Abid Ali on the sets of Dil-E-Nadan
Last year, activist Kami Sid decided to foray into the world of fashion and entertainment.
Sid, who has been working for transgender rights in Pakistan, felt that the community needed to step into the spotlight to create awareness and change societal perceptions. And she knows television is a powerful medium.
With fashion shoots under her belt and a short film awaiting its release, Kami will be seen next in Express Entertainment's Dil-E-Nadan.
The camera seems to love her!
Talking to Images about the show, Kami shares: "It's an issue-based drama, which will highlight the lack of acceptance of transgenders in our society. Yes, there have been shows about this particular matter before but those roles have always been played by men. For the first time, you'll see a real transgender portraying such a role. The aim is to make sure that transgenders get acceptance, get work just like everyone else and we're implementing that in real life, my casting being an example of just that!"
Kami all smiles on set
"In the show, my character is a transgender who doesn't get acceptance from her family. She's upset and sad and winds up in a neighbourhood where she encounters a man named Gul Khan. He listens to her, he empowers her and gets her a job working for a local beautician, in whom I find a support system."
"However, after a few days, my parents put out an ad in the paper looking for me. That really warms my heart as it makes me realise that they do consider me their own and they do accept me no matter what, even if it did take some time for them to come around. This character is not only going to evoke interest but also empathy," she adds.
BTS from Dil-E-Nadan
The show, which will air in November this year, has been written by Sajjad Haider Zaidi and directed by Naveed Jaffery. The cast includes Aabid Ali, Syed Mukhtar Ahmed, Manzoor Qureshi, Asad Zaman and Mariam Mirza among others.
"The character will evoke interest as well as empathy," shares Kami
Kami with veteran actor, Abid Ali on the sets of Dil-E-Nadan
Last year, activist Kami Sid decided to foray into the world of fashion and entertainment.
Sid, who has been working for transgender rights in Pakistan, felt that the community needed to step into the spotlight to create awareness and change societal perceptions. And she knows television is a powerful medium.
With fashion shoots under her belt and a short film awaiting its release, Kami will be seen next in Express Entertainment's Dil-E-Nadan.
The camera seems to love her!
Talking to Images about the show, Kami shares: "It's an issue-based drama, which will highlight the lack of acceptance of transgenders in our society. Yes, there have been shows about this particular matter before but those roles have always been played by men. For the first time, you'll see a real transgender portraying such a role. The aim is to make sure that transgenders get acceptance, get work just like everyone else and we're implementing that in real life, my casting being an example of just that!"
Kami all smiles on set
"In the show, my character is a transgender who doesn't get acceptance from her family. She's upset and sad and winds up in a neighbourhood where she encounters a man named Gul Khan. He listens to her, he empowers her and gets her a job working for a local beautician, in whom I find a support system."
"However, after a few days, my parents put out an ad in the paper looking for me. That really warms my heart as it makes me realise that they do consider me their own and they do accept me no matter what, even if it did take some time for them to come around. This character is not only going to evoke interest but also empathy," she adds.
BTS from Dil-E-Nadan
The show, which will air in November this year, has been written by Sajjad Haider Zaidi and directed by Naveed Jaffery. The cast includes Aabid Ali, Syed Mukhtar Ahmed, Manzoor Qureshi, Asad Zaman and Mariam Mirza among others.
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