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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Fatwa From Pakistani Clerics Permits Transgender Marriage

Fatwa From Pakistani Clerics Permits Transgender Marriage
Activists in Pakistan welcomed a religious decree from fifty clerics based in Lahore that said marriage, inheritance, and funeral rights for transgender persons was allowed under Islamic law and that humiliating the transgendered population was a crime (BBC). The announcement follows violence against transgender activists (Telegraph), including two recent murders.
This CFR map looks at expanding LGBT rights across the world.

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