They didn’t use Gregorian Calendar. They used Muslim calendar which is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar.
If they calculated her age to be 6 using the Muslim calendar, then she should be two months younger than the age of source in our calendar.
Queer rights and trans rights are sensitive topics in Bangladesh. A few years ago, we Bangalees bullied BRAC for promoting trans rights (Sharif-Sharifa). In order to be a truly egalitarian society with justice and liberty, we need gay rights and trans rights in this country.
Education is not a solution because educative approaches were trolled or mocked. We could normalize gay people and trans people in early childhood media like cartoons or children’s playbooks.
What do you think? What are some ways you’d normalize marriage equality destigmatize genuine trans people?
M stands for Male, F stands for Female, O stands for Others
I’m from Bangladesh so I do not speak Urdu nor am I aware about the cultural context in Pakistan. I was talking to this Pakistani person and they said I should never talk about it in public. They didn’t explain why. I’m genuinely curious.