{"id":519,"date":"2018-03-28T03:38:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T07:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/?p=519"},"modified":"2018-03-28T03:38:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T07:38:03","slug":"instagram-post-marvia-malik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lzigelyte.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/LGBTQexperiences\/uncategorized\/instagram-post-marvia-malik\/","title":{"rendered":"“Instagram” post \u2014 Marvia Malik"},"content":{"rendered":"

21-year-old Marvia Malik, a national news reporter from Pakistan, has just made headlines of her own as she became the first ever transgender person to hold her current position.<\/p>\n

Pakistan is known for quite a bit of discrimination and violence towards queer people, and Malik was sadly no exception. In her own words:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thrown out after [10th grade] after which I joined a beauty salon, earned just about enough to put myself through college, but it was not easy. My story is no different from that of a [H]ijra on the street you see begging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since her broadcasts began, Malik has received a number of offers to become a model, all of which she turned down, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to strengthen my people. Everywhere we go, a transgender person is looked down upon.”<\/p>\n

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Information and quotes from:<\/p>\n

Glass, Jess. \u201cPakistan’s First Transgender Newsreader Says She’s ‘Overwhelmed’ with Support after Debut Broadcast.\u201d\u00a0PinkNews<\/i>, 27 Mar. 2018<\/p>\n

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21-year-old Marvia Malik, a national news reporter from Pakistan, has just made headlines of her own as she became the first ever transgender person to hold her current position. Pakistan is known for quite a bit of discrimination and violence towards queer people, and Malik was sadly no exception. In her own words: \u201cI was … <\/p>\n

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