Transgender people will soon be able to inherit property from their families, Bangladesh's law minister said Sunday, the latest effort to give the minority group more rights in the conservative Muslim-majority nation.

Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh

A religious charity has opened the first school in Bangladesh for hijras, a transgender community whose members face widespread discrimination in the mostly conservative Muslim society and often live in abject poverty.

'Beacon of hope': Bangladesh opens first school for transgender students

bangladesh-transgender

Bangladesh Transgender, News on Bangladesh Transgender, stories on Bangladesh Transgender, articles on Bangladesh Transgender, Bangladesh Transgender stories at Wion, Bangladesh Transgender news, Bangladesh Transgender latest news

bangladesh transgender

Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh

'Beacon of hope': Bangladesh opens first school for transgender students