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The show's creators are reportedly looking for a queer actress to play her, too.
The struggle, activists say, "is far from over."
Despite recent social advances, violence against queer people remains high in the country.
Christie Elan-Cane may get a step closer to that goal this week.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The widely discredited practice has only been completely banned in three nations so far.
Groups say the nation is home to unlicensed rehab clinics that believe homosexuality is a mental illness.
The law has been used to "intimidate, harass, blackmail" queer people in the past.
The clients of the country's only queer-focused shelter are speaking out.
The laws differ, but the issues at heart are very similar.
The areas likely to be worst affected in northern India, southern Pakistan and Bangladesh are home to 1.5 billion people, said the study’s co-author.