The first religious school for transgender citizens has opened in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Dawatul Quran Third Gender Madrasa has capacity for up to 150 students, and so far 40 have enrolled.
According to Mid-Day News, a local media outlet, there are around 1.5 million trans people living in Bangladesh.
In 2013, the Bangladesh government passed a policy which legally recognised the country’s trans community as a ‘third gender’, allowing them the right to vote and stand for election.Mohammad Abdul Aziz Hussaini, the school’s education and training secretary, told the BBC there is no age limit for enrolment: “Whether or not someone is of the third sex is identified at a fairly mature age.