Bangladesh’s transgender tycoons create safe workAFP, DHAKASimran Snigdha was begging when a chance encounter helped get her off Bangladesh’s streets and realize her artistic dreams — one of a growing number of transgender people securing formal employment as the government boosts support for the marginalized community. A transgender person works at the Bhuyan Fashion garment factory owned by Siddik Bhuyan Synthia in Dhaka on June 24. Photo: AFP“I didn’t get the opportunity — I had to extort people ... and did prostitution,” Snigdha said at a garment factory in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Staring back was transgender factory owner Siddik Bhuyan Synthia — who asked her to join the business. At her garment factory in Dhaka, she employs only transgender people.

Source: Taipei Times September 17, 2021 16:07 UTC