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at the age of 16 because of her feminine behavior. Kashish then joined a house of Gurus, where the community of transgender people in
Pakistan usually live. The Guru; the head of the house would provide food and shelter to the residents of the house. However, Kashish left the house and cut ties with
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passed a bill that allowed transgender people to determine their own gender in all official documents, obtain ID cards passports and drivers license, to vote and to not be discriminated for employment. This removed the gender criteria and Nadeem
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Kashish ran a door to door campaign. Her stated goal is to improve the transgender community and fight for their rights. She also created her own transgender people's shelter in
Islamabad, that houses many transgender people in the community.
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the Guru, after she was forced by him in prostitution; a work that most transgender people living in these sanctuary's are bound to. Kashish then joined a television program in
Islamabad as a makeup artist. From there she started working for
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