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  • Another group of professionals that make good money of the Hijras are the good looking, muscular cute raw masseur boys.

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  • LGBT rights in Pakistan, on the other hand, have been close to non-existent, although the country's Supreme Court declared in late 2009, that the roughly 300,000 "Hijras," men castrated at an early age for medical or social reasons, should be issued with identity cards indicating their distinct gender in order to ensure their rights.

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  • LGBT rights in Pakistan, on the other hand, have been close to non-existent, although the country's Supreme Court declared in late 2009, that the roughly 300,000 "Hijras," men castrated at an early age for medical or social reasons, should be issued with identity cards indicating their distinct gender in order to ensure their rights.

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  • Hijras from all over the country travel to this festival.

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  • Most Hijras in Pakistan refer to themselves using feminine pronouns and live together in slum communities, gaining income by begging and dancing at weddings and carnivals.

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  • Most Hijras in Pakistan refer to themselves using feminine pronouns and live together in slum communities, gaining income by begging and dancing at weddings and carnivals.

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  • Hijras are often encountered on streets, trains, and other public places demanding money from young men.

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  • Hijras usually refer to themselves as female at the language level, and usually dress as women.

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  • Hijras and general Islam in India and Pakistan link

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