The Law and the Self-Perceived Identity

Zeeba T. Hashmi links the idea behind "Mera Jism Meri Marzi" to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, which recognised the right to self-perceived gender identity, and notes the gaps she saw in its inheritance clause. Note: in May 2023 the Federal Shariat Court struck down the Act's provisions on self-perceived gender identity and inheritance; the appeal is pending before the Supreme Court.
Archival video (2020), in conversation with the late Khursand Bayar Ali.
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