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**Title:** Being Transgender in Pakistan
**Summary:**
A documentary maker (Luisito Comunica) visits a transgender house in Pakistan, exploring the lives of its inhabitants. He witnesses a mix of self-acceptance and harsh realities:
* **Challenges:** Transgender individuals face severe societal rejection, family mistreatment, and are often forced into begging, dancing for money, or prostitution.
* **House Dynamics:** The visited house is a complex community with a guru, where members find acceptance but also engage in questionable activities (e.g., dancing for men), sparking concerns about potential exploitation.
* **Personal Stories:** Interviews reveal heart-wrenching pasts, including rejection by families and illegal, dangerous gender reassignment surgeries.
* **Reflection:** The visit leaves the documentary maker with a "bittersweet taste," balancing the joy of self-acceptance with outrage over the lack of dignity and potential manipulation in the lives of these individuals, questioning the possibility of true equality in Pakistani society.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each with a number and in short sentence form, excluding opinions:
**1.** In Pakistan, being gay can lead to imprisonment.
**2.** Being transgender is considered a shame to society in Pakistan.
**3.** Transgender individuals in Pakistan are often rejected and mistreated by their families from a young age.
**4.** Some transgender individuals in Pakistan are forced to beg on the streets due to societal rejection.
**5.** Transgender people in Pakistan often live in isolation within households under the care of a guru.
**6.** The guru teaches transgender individuals skills such as applying makeup, dancing, begging, and in some cases, prostitution.
**7.** In Pakistan, having relations with a woman who isn't your wife is considered a crime and a disgrace.
**8.** Some men in Pakistan seek out transgender prostitutes as a way to circumvent this societal norm.
**9.** The house visited by the author is home to several transgender individuals, including Alia, Diva, and Maynez Dira.
**10.** The house also hosts musicians who play for the transgender individuals when they dance.
**11.** The guru, Diva, has been living in the house for 20 years, after being "bought" by the previous guru for 200,000 rupees.
**12.** Diva is now in charge of the house and its inhabitants.
**13.** The house generates income through dancing, both in private events and at the house with visitors.
**14.** The region where the story takes place is the Punjab region, which is shared between India and Pakistan.
**15.** The primary language spoken in the house is Punjabi, not Urdu (Pakistan's national language).
**16.** In Pakistan, undergoing a gender transition procedure (including gender reassignment surgery) is illegal.
**17.** Despite the illegality, some doctors perform gender reassignment surgeries "under the table" for a fee.
**18.** These unofficial surgeries can be dangerous, leading to infections or death.
**19.** At least two inhabitants of the house, Alia and Diva, have undergone gender reassignment surgery.
**20.** According to Alia and Diva, their breasts grew naturally after the surgery, without the use of hormones or implants.