something like that. it may take some time for the rain to finally disappear, but these events are but as the day wears few and far between. on we have showers this is a family that she has spreading across the country, history with, she has danced perhaps pushing further east through the day, and really for them for a long time, quite a cool feeling. and they take care of her. i think most will struggle to get but realistically, how long is she going to be able to do that? away from the bright lights much above 18 or 19. and music of lahore‘s party scene, guru ashee has been working on a project that she hopes will one day become her legacy. for the last eight years, little change, really, in the end. she has been developing a retirement home for third gender people. it has everything you could need a mixture of sunny spells, showers, maybe some longer spells of rain to stay well in old age — on wednesday, turning a bit drier even a running machine. once complete, guru ashee hopes it through thursday and friday. will become home to a0 members of her community. though there are no official figures for the third gender community, it is estimated to be close to half a million people.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the fbi is to investigate the death of the multi millionaire businessman it is believed that almost 5% and convicted sex offender, of them are hiv positive. jeffrey epstein, who was found dead if you are third gender, in his cell, in a jail in new york. you are 50 times more likely to be the 66—year—old is believed living with hiv than someone to have taken his own life,

while awaiting trial over allegedly trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. from the general population. a powerful typhoon has struck the south east coast of china killing at least 22 people with 10 more missing. more than a million people have had to leave their homes with emergency teams setting up temporary shelters. hundreds of flights have been cancelled and secondary emergencies triggered by powerful winds and high waves. police in moscow are reported to have made more than two hundred arrests, during protests organised by opposition groups. the rally, in support of free elections, was authorised by officials, but the march moved less than ten miles away from its permitted route. away is heera mandi, or the diamond market, one of lahore‘s worst kept secrets. almost everyone knows about this place, but it's rarely referenced now on bbc news, in a country in polite conversation. it is where society's outcasts have where it's expected your extended lived together for generations. family will look after you in it is currently home to guru ashee old age, what do you do if they long and many of the people ago rejected you 7 who will eventually move that's a question for most to the retirement home. of pakistan's tra nsgender community. madhu, who i met at the retirement one member of the community home, has invited me to her place is setting up pakistan's first

retirement home for for the evening. transgender people. she rarely ever takes the night off mobeen azhar has been work, so tonight i'll to lahore to meet her. join her while she this edition of our world waits for clients. contains adult themes. madhu's got her first client of the evening, but before they get the business, he has agreed to speak to me. madhu told me all of her clients are men and identify as straight. once upon a time in the pakistani city of lahore, lived a super glam guru. ashee was the talk of the town, and after hours artist. ashee is a khawaja sehra, someone who describes herself as neither male norfemale, in pakistan commonly known as third gender. but entertaining is the preserve of the young, and as the years went by, ashee realised more and more of her community faced destitution when they could no longer work. this is the story of guru ashee‘s quest to change the future of the third gender people in old age. the history of the indian subcontinent is rich with stories of third gender people.

this is the story of guru ashee‘s quest to change the future of the third gender people in old age. the history of the indian subcontinent is rich with stories of third gender people. during the mughal empire, from the 16th century, they were advisors to the ruling class and experts in the arts. the reality today is much less romantic. i am about to meet one of the most revered members of the community, known affectionately as guru ashee. ‘guru' literally means ‘teacher‘ — they are the elders of the third gender community, and are like surrogate mothers.

tonight, guru ashee has invited me, along with her chela hs, or students, to a private party. i'm fine.

madhu's got her first client of the evening, but before they get the business, guru ashee and her students are expected to get the party started. he has agreed to speak to me. but there is more to it than that. there is a deeply held belief that those like ashee, third gender, can bring good fortune to the soon to be married. the business of dancing at weddings has taken a hit since pakistan has moved towards a more madhu told me all of her clients conservative reading of islam. upbeat music. are men and identify as straight. they are either married or, like this guy, plan on marrying a woman soon. in a fiercely patriarchal society, these men make little distinction between women and those who identify as third gender.

sex workers like madhu generally charge less than women, and for some clients, as master of ceremony. i loved doing that, it was really that makes all the difference. loud and brash tonight, whilst madhu finishes up with her client, i spend some time with madhu's housemate nimo, who i also met at the retirement home. and it was all the things that pakistan is famous for, 00:07:32,357 --> 2147483051:40:30,894 and all the reasons that i love this 2147483051:40:30,894 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 place, and it is rare that you see

sex workers have a shelflife. in the not—too—distant future, madhu is going to need help just to survive. madhu can't return to herfamily because they don't accept her as third gender. in a nation where the extended family system is the default for care in old age, what happens when that system rejects who you are? khuram lives in the diamond market area. today he is trying his best to fit in with the bearded men

in prayer caps. but it wasn't always like this for khuram. in fact, khuram used to be saima. khuram works as a tailor, making clothes for the third gender community, clothes he no longer wears himself. i want to understand why he now dresses as a man.

there is this real sense of sadness, and that's because he's not entirely being himself. he said it, he's not. khuram, that's who he was born,

that's who he was assigned to be, and he was raised as a boy — and then there is saima, and saima is who he feels his spirit is. and he says straight out that he misses saima. he says saima comes out in the day a few times, in a bit of his speech or in a bit of his attitude, but he can't live and dress, and most importantly, probably, he can't love the way he wants to. good evening, everyone. you guys are listening to fm 91 with our very special guest, guru ashee butt. tonight, on one of lahore‘s most popular radio stations, guru ashee is using her celebrity status to win over a national audience and draw attention to the plight of her people. she is really going for it.

to have references to things like hiv and to people rejecting members of their own family and social stigma — to have that on mainstream radio and to be starting those conversations in this country is pretty revolutionary, actually. the idea that being third gender

is so unacceptable that it can't be tolerated is the cause of social isolation for many third gender people. now khuram is getting older, he's attempting to conform. he's turned his back on his third gender identity. he is now a fixture at his local mosque. sure there is a spiritual element, but it's also about the practicalities of being accepted back into the care and relative stability of his family.

here, it's just accepted that third gender people will lose their dignity, families and the promise of care in old age just for being who they are. before i leave pakistan, i want to catch up with guru ashee. today at the retirement home, she is handing out food to lahore‘s third gender community.

guru ashee is changing long—established attitudes and demanding care in later life for the third gender. the retirement home isn'tjust a bricks and mortar. it's about building a new type of future, one that brings a chance at dignity, care and love in old age to guru ashee and her community.

hello. the weather has thrown a lot of things at us so far this weekend. torrential rain, thunderstorms, and those very strong and in places damaging winds, here whipping up the sea at lyme regis in dorset. while it is an exposed spot, and 84mph gust at the needles on the isle of wight would be notable in october, let alone august. we have seen widespread gusts of 50—60 miles an hour well inland as well, all down to this steep area of low pressure which continues to pull away north and east overnight, slowly taking the strongest winds with it, but leaving in its wake this trail of fronts, which will bring quite a wet day to scotland and northern england. at least we begin sunday with somewhat lighter winds. still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday.

some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to east across england and wales. some will manage to stay dry. where you have the sunshine, 22 or 23 celsius. where you have the persistent rain across parts of scotland, temperatures will struggle to get above 1a or 15. so quite a cool day here. that's the theme as we begin the new week. by the time we get to monday, those fronts are starting to slide

away south and east, taking the persistent rain with them. so it's drying up across parts of southern scotland and northern england through monday morning. behind that rain, we will see some spells of sunshine developing. it may take some time for the rain to finally disappear, but as the day wears on we have showers spreading across the country, perhaps pushing further east through the day, and really quite a cool feeling. i think most will struggle to get much above 18 or 19. little change, really, in the end. a mixture of sunny spells, showers, maybe some longer spells of rain on wednesday, turning a bit drier through thursday and friday.

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