Have you ever wonder that whether we have gay community in Pakistan or not? Does gay or people of LGBT community exist in Pakistan or not? Well, you have to accept that the majority of Pakistani people even don’t know that what is gay or the meaning of homosexuality because usually in Pakistan, transgender are being considered gay. According to Pakistan's law, it is not allowed to publically announce and promote homosexuality. That's why we have not seen any LGBT community activities in Pakistan.
Even with the strict laws against gay people in Pakistan, but still there is an active Pakistani gay community does not only exist but they are also involved in many activities about them most of people are not even aware.
Recently BBC has played a documentary called "How Gay Is Pakistan" which goes viral on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. We have seen many positive and negative comments about this documentary because this documentary has featured the gay activities in Pakistan. Unfortunately, this documentary of about Pakistani gays is not available and you can’t watch it without having UK IP address.
This documentary about Pakistani gays has revealed so many truth about homosexuality which as an ordinary Pakistani I don't aware and i would like to share with you along with some other facts about gays in Pakistan.
LGBT rights in Pakistan
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  Pakistan |
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Same-sex sexual activity legal?
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Illegal (not enforced)
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Penalty:
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2 years to life imprisonment
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Gender identity/expression
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Laws to protect Transgender and Transsexual persons in
all of Pakistan
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Military service
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No
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Discrimination protections
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Only for transgender and transsexual persons
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Family rights
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Recognition of
relationships
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Same-sex relationships considered taboo
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Adoption
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Adoption not allowed by same-sex couple; transgender persons
allowed to adopt
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