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Tashnuva Anan Shishir during her first broadcast at a news studio in Dhaka on March 8, 2021. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
A TV station in Bangladesh says it hopes to “change attitudes” towards gender-diverse people after hiring the country’s first openly trans TV news anchor, Tashnuva Anan Shishir.
Shishir made history with her first three-minute broadcast for Boishakhi TV on International Women’s Day (8 March).
The 29-year-old previously worked as an activist and actress, and will continue to study public health at a Dhaka university alongside her new job at Boishakhi TV.
After reading her first broadcast, Shishir cried as colleagues clapped and cheered. “I was very nervous, I was feeling so much emotional, but I had in my mind that I must overcome this ordeal, this final test,” she told
Bangladesh’s first transgender news anchor said she hopes to change society after making her TV debut on International Women’s Day.
Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who previously worked as a rights activist and actress, debuted on Dhaka-based Boishakhi TV on Monday.
She read a three-minute news bulletin and, after finishing, cried as her colleagues applauded and cheered.
The 29-year-old said: “I was very nervous, I was feeling so much emotional, but I had in my mind that I must overcome this ordeal, this final test.”
Shishir, who previously worked as a rights activist and an actor, appeared before audience on Monday (Al-emrun Garjon/AP)