http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).03
10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).03
Published : Mar 2025
Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India
The rights of the transgender people especially in South Asian countries are an area of interest with specific reference to Pakistan and India. It analyses the historical legal and social factors to their status from the pre-colonial society where they were accepted to the colonial period where there were considered outcasts to the legal changes that have taken place in the modern world. Even with progressive laws such as the Pakistan Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 and the Indian Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019, there remain societal implementation failures that explain the integration of discrimination experienced by the transgender population in access to health, education, and labor market. Thus qualitative research compares legal recognition, societal acceptance, and consequences of activism. Rhe study outlines challenges to equality and suits to recommend the best practices of acceptance within those societies and effective policy making.
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Transgender Rights, Legal Frameworks, Social Perceptions, South Asia, Pakistan, and India, Activism and Policy Implementation
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(1) Muhammad Fazeel
M.Phil. Scholar, Department of International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Hafiz Muhammad Amjad Munir
PhD Scholar, Department of International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ghulam Mustafa
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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Cite this article
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APA : Fazeel, M., Munir, H. M. A., & Mustafa, G. (2025). Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India. Global Sociological Review, X(I), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).03
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CHICAGO : Fazeel, Muhammad, Hafiz Muhammad Amjad Munir, and Ghulam Mustafa. 2025. "Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India." Global Sociological Review, X (I): 22-30 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).03
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HARVARD : FAZEEL, M., MUNIR, H. M. A. & MUSTAFA, G. 2025. Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India. Global Sociological Review, X, 22-30.
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MHRA : Fazeel, Muhammad, Hafiz Muhammad Amjad Munir, and Ghulam Mustafa. 2025. "Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India." Global Sociological Review, X: 22-30
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MLA : Fazeel, Muhammad, Hafiz Muhammad Amjad Munir, and Ghulam Mustafa. "Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India." Global Sociological Review, X.I (2025): 22-30 Print.
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OXFORD : Fazeel, Muhammad, Munir, Hafiz Muhammad Amjad, and Mustafa, Ghulam (2025), "Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India", Global Sociological Review, X (I), 22-30
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TURABIAN : Fazeel, Muhammad, Hafiz Muhammad Amjad Munir, and Ghulam Mustafa. "Transgender Rights in South Asia: Comparative Analysis of Pakistan and India." Global Sociological Review X, no. I (2025): 22-30. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2025(X-I).03