Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Transgendered Taxation Theater

The BBC reports that Pakistan is now allowing transgendered people to select a distinct gender category for their national identity cards.
Not only that, but the Pakistani Supreme Court has recommended that the transgendered be allocated a certain number of government jobs.
A visit from the tax collector. Photo from BBC.

To use their "special skills" (the Supreme Court's phrase), small groups of transgendered are dispatched to the wealthier communities to collect taxes. The collection technique is elegant. In full regalia, they knock on the door of the tax delinquent and stay until the taxes are paid. 

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