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Job training program transforms transgender lives in Bangladesh

Transgender Saiful Islam (R) works in the make-up department of Bangladesh's largest private television channel ATN Bangla in Dhaka on September 8. (AFP Photo)

A love for lipstick and eyeliner meant a lifetime of discrimination for Saiful Islam, until a transgender training scheme in Bangladesh helped bring him hard-won acceptance and land him his dream job. Many transgender people in south Asia, where they are known as hijras, are thrown out by their families…

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