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Pakistan's first transgender news anchor makes headlines

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A Pakistani TV channel has put the country's first transgender news anchor on the air, a groundbreaking cultural moment for the marginalised community in the deeply conservative country.

Added on the 28/03/2018 15:00:00 - Copyright : AFP EN

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