Transgender Candidate Runs for Election in Pakistan

A transgender person is running for election in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkwa province on Saturday, May 30. Pervaiz Baby, as she is known, is not Pakistan’s first transgender candidate, but candidates like her are rare. Transgender people were banned from voting in the country until a supreme court ruling in their favor made the franchise available to them.

In some parts of Pakistan, women are expected to be barred from voting, the Guardian reported. Credit: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty