Transgender Pakistani Women (Photo : NewzstreetTV/YouTube)
Any video showing cruelty, whether on a person or animal, would likely become viral on social media. Such was the case on Friday for a Texas mother who threw her young son out of the house for voting Donald Trump in a mock school election and Pakistani transgender woman who was beaten by five men.
Reuters reported that incident happened in Sialkot, a city in Pakistan, where five men are shown in a video, which had gone viral, hitting the transgender woman in red clothes while she was held down on a bed. The leader, Jajja Butt, repeatedly whips with a belt the exposed buttocks of the transgender, Julie, who was crying in pain. The video was posted on Facebook by Shiraz Hasnat.
The gang reportedly extorts money by harassing members of Pakistan’s transgender community. However, Butt, who was arrested along with the other gang members, claimed that the reason behind the whipping is the transgender woman was his lover and she was allegedly involved with other men.
However, Julie disputed Butt’s alibi. She said the gang raped and tortured all the transgender women in their house all night. The gang also made them drink urine, spat on them and hit their heads using shoes.
Another transgender said the gang is operating not just in Sialkot but is present in other Pakistani cities where they extort money from transgender women and enjoy torturing members of the LGBT community, Express News reported.
Julie asked the government to introduce laws that would protect transgenders because what happened in Sialkot is just a repetition of a similar gang-rape incident she went through in Faisalabad. “This country has laws for everyone, even animals, but not for us. Are we children of a lesser God? Would it make a difference if a transgender was born in a politician’s house?” Julie asked.
She added the country’s LGBT community supports the PML-N government and begged Shahbaz Sharif to take action and stand up for the rights of transgender persons.
