I noticed HRT is technically allowed and debatebly encouraged under Shariah so am now reading wikipedia articles about Trans rights in Iran

Before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the issue of transgender identity in Iran had never been officially addressed by the government.

Beginning in the mid-1980s, however, transgender individuals were officially recognized by the government, under condition of undergoing sex reassignment surgery, with some financial assistance being provided by the government for the costs of surgery, and with a change of sex marker on birth certificates available post-surgery.

Iran allows people who identify as female to participate in women's sports if they have had genital reassignment surgery.

However, substantial legal and societal barriers exist in Iran. Transgender individuals who do not undergo surgery have no legal recognition and
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[–] 54 points 7 months ago (3 children)

You are right. The Iran sane-washing is out of fucking control. It's being done in bad faith across the internet.

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  • [–] 39 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Yeah, forcing gay people to undergo surgery so that they would no longer be considered gay, in my opinion, is not "onto something"

    While I cannot speak for trans people, I would expect them to agree that it is wrong to potentially inflict suffering related to gender dysphoria on people that may not experience it otherwise. I see trans people fight for the right to live as the gender that they identity with, and this is really the opposite of that goal in many cases.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago*

    The Iran sane-washing is out of fucking control. It’s being done in bad faith across the internet.

    I'm willing to bet this is partly a right wing/russian shill campaign to once again discredit and make the left look like the crazy one.

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