Kafir
2018
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While homosexual acts remain illegal, they are only sporadically prosecuted by authorities. However, caution should be exercised by both locals and tourists in Pakistan. In 2018, Pakistan saw a landmark victory in transgender rights with the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, which provides fundamental rights to transgender citizens.
Presenter Mawaan Rizwan sets out to discover what life is really like for gay people in Pakistan. Homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan, even considered to be a disease by some. In this...
BBC Three challenges the perception of gender with a season of brand new documentaries. Mawaan Rizwan sets out to discover what life is really like for gay people in Pakistan.
How Gay Is Pakistan?: Directed by Masood Khan. With Mawaan Rizwan. In Pakistan the punishment for being gay is up to ten years in prison or the death penalty. Still the country has a varied and growing gay community, where some fight for equal rights, in defiance of threats of violence.
In 2015, Mawaan Rizwan traveled to Pakistan, his country of birth, to film the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan? which explores the issues faced by other LGBTQ Muslims living under Islamic law that deems homosexuality illegal.
In Pakistan, the argument of morality is extremely skewed, regardless of your gender or sexuality. A Pew Research Center reported that 90 percent of Pakistan’s population believed homosexuality...
How Gay is Pakistan? Being gay is illegal in Pakistan. Yet, the country has a growing gay scene. So why are gay rights not being addressed here? In this documentary, Mawaan Rizwan talks to the people struggling to assert their sexuality against a complex backdrop.
