The exquisite dance of Pakistan's cross-dressers
The country's cross-dressing and transgendered community catches rare moments of freedom from persecution
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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)These are Pakistan's cross-dressing and transgendered residents. They are a small but tight-knit group that recently gained recognition to identify as neither male)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) "I am a very shy man. Eyes always follow me when I walk out of the apartment that I share with a few friends who share the same job like mine (as) dancers," says)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen))
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
