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21 Sep 2010 12:47

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World: Transvestite children in Afghanistan!

  • Some things are happening in Afghanistan that are really not imaginable for you as a Western people.
  • Azita Rafaat • The Afghan mother of three regularly dresses her youngest daughter as a boy when the daughter leaves the house. The practice is common in Afghanistan, where families without male children are of bad repute and gender lines are starkly drawn. It’s not illegal, or even frowned upon, and has possibly been going on for centuries. source