Pakistan is a country that is notorious for its human rights violations, and the LGBTQ and intersex community is one of the most vulnerable groups in the country.
Despite the challenges, the community is fighting for their rights and slowly making progress. Since homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan, the LGBTQ and intersex community is often forced into hiding.
This makes it difficult to estimate the size of the community, but it is thought that there are tens of thousands of LGBTQ and intersex people living in Pakistan.
Many of them live in wealthy areas of Karachi, the country’s largest city, without fear, as do community members in similar parts of Pakistan.