Impact of covid-19 Pandemic on Transgender A case study of Quaid -I- Azam University Islamabad

Abstract

Transgender’s are most vulnerable segment of society particularly in underdeveloping countries they are being violated in every field of life. The purpose of the study was to pin out the strategies adopted by transgenders in the corona virus pandemic and this study aim to explore the changes faced by transgenders during the lockdown. The majority of respondents expressed that they faced a lot of challenges during lockdown due to coronavirus particularly they faced health issues and access to the food. They are been treat unfairly by government officials and even laws prevent them to access the local market as they are tagged as a threat to society due to their homosexual course. So in the current research mainstream objectives were to unearth the realities that how transgenders adopt survival strategies in coronavirus pandemic The current research was directed through symbolic interactionism theory related to body image and mental health issues first proposed by (Goffman 1967)... A qualitative research design was used to conduct the study. Islamabad was chosen as the universe. 20 respondents were transgenders of Islamabad through a selective sampling technique. The findings of the research explore that during coronavirus transgeders adopted skillful activities to counter the unusual attitude of ordinary people in society, as respondents stressed that during the coronavirus they adopt skill full activities like teaching and making handmade crafts and they sold them to local markets and earn which helps them to survival in corona pandemic