{"id":359073,"date":"2022-04-28T20:17:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=359073"},"modified":"2022-04-28T20:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:17:19","slug":"dum-mastam-transgenders-protest-against-film-over-use-of-offensive-slurs-against-their-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/dum-mastam-transgenders-protest-against-film-over-use-of-offensive-slurs-against-their-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Dum Mastam: Transgenders Protest Against Film Over Use Of Offensive Slurs Against Their Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trans-people gathered at Lahore High Court to protest against the film &#8216;<strong><em>Dum Mastam<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;. So what&#8217;s all the ruckus about?<\/p>\n<p>The movie used offensive dialogues pertaining to eunuchs and trans-people. So they approached the LHC against the Adnan Siddiqui production. Their petition called for the word &#8216;khusra&#8217;, a derogatory term used for a transperson, to be removed from the film.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/zindagi-tamasha-gets-delayed-as-religious-party-gets-to-clear-film-for-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zindagi Tamasha Gets Delayed as Religious Party Gets To Clear Film for Release<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>Justice Shahid Waheed of the top court heard the petition.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner was of the view that a film based on trans-people and eunuchs was being released on Eid in the derogatory slur was used for eunuchs and trans-people. Interestingly, the Supreme Court has prohibited the use of the offensive slur for eunuchs and trans-people.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner requested the top court to order the deletion of the word from the film. LHC has sought a reply from other parties including the censor board.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/trying-too-hard-netizens-think-amar-khan-is-no-larki-achari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Trying Too Hard&#8217;: Netizens Think Amar Khan Is No &#8216;Larki Achari&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><strong><em>Dum Mastam<\/em><\/strong> cast Imran Ashraf and Amar Khan in central roles. The movie marks their silver-screen debut. This romantic comedy is set in inner Lahore and makes use of a lot of Punjabi jargons. Directed by Ehteshamuddin the film that will adorn cinemas on Eid-ul-Fitr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trans-people gathered at Lahore High Court to protest against the film &#8216;Dum Mastam&#8216;. So what&#8217;s all the ruckus about? The movie used offensive dialogues pertaining to eunuchs and trans-people. So they approached the LHC against the Adnan Siddiqui production. Their petition called for the word &#8216;khusra&#8217;, a derogatory term used for a transperson, to be removed from the film. Justice [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/dum-mastam-transgenders-protest-against-film-over-use-of-offensive-slurs-against-their-community\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":320245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-359073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-social-media","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"They want derogatory slurs removed from the film","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dum-Mastam-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dum-Mastam-1-758x455.jpg",758,455,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dum-Mastam-1.jpg",1024,614,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Dum Mastam: Transgenders Protest Against Film Over Use Of Offensive Slurs Against Their Community","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1291,1297&exclude=359073","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359073"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=359073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}