Bangladesh opens mosque for transgender hijra community

Mymensingh, Bangladesh – Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh’s transgender hijra community have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of worship without discrimination.

But when she came out as hijra, as transgender women in South Asia are commonly known, she was blocked from praying in a mosque. Several have entered Bangladeshi politics, with one transgender woman elected mayor of a rural town in 2021.They are also often discriminated against in employment and are much more likely to be victims of violent crime and poverty than the average Bangladeshi.

A similar endeavour planned in another city was stopped last month after a protest by locals, he added.

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