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South Asia Monitor/JEN | @justearthnews | 22 Mar 2021
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In a move that could change perceptions and mindsets in society, the first commercial trans-led tailor shop opened up in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. The Trans Pride Society announced the setting-up of the first commercial tailor shop in Karachi that will be run exclusively by trans people.
The Trans Pride Society, an NGO run by Nisha Rao, is the brain behind the project, according to Dawn newspaper. The NGO works for the health, social and legal issues of transgenders in Pakistan.
Making the announcement, through ther Facebook and Instagram account, the NGO described it as a “momentous beginning.”
"On 20 March 2021, the General Secretary of the Karachi Bar Association, Advocate Aamir Nawaz Waraich and Nuzhat Shirin, Chairperson of Sindh Commission on the Status of Women, our Chief Guests attended the opening ceremony and cut the ceremonial ribbon," they said.
"A big congratulations to our tailors and members of the Trans Pride Society on this new venture! We wish you lots of success in your new journey."
Having an entirely trans-led business is important not just for representation but also to normalise something that should already be a norm. Transpeople are equal members of our society and we need to start treating them that way, the newspaper added.