An activist in Pakistan is opening the country’s first retirement home for transgender people.

Aashi Butt, herself transgender, is opening the home to care for a community that is often forced to become sex workers, beg on the streets, or perform as song and dance entertainers in order to survive, until they age out of the profession, reports The Express Tribune.

Butt said she is using the money she has made singing and dancing to launch the project, which has reportedly not received any outside funding.

So far, 60 people have signed up to live in the home, where they will not only be provided with food and shelter, but will also have access to free medical treatment. The facility will additionally include a lounge area, where residents can play games and watch TV, a small library, and a prayer corner.

While consensual gay sex is still illegal in Pakistan, and members of the LGBT community do not have protections against discrimination in employment and housing, transgender people are allowed to change their legal gender without medical intervention or approval by a medical board. Read more via New Now Next