Iran Transgender Law: Islamic Republic Advances Bill To ‘Protect Transsexuals’ Amid Crackdown On Gay

[Sally]

The Ayatollahs want to make sure that their boyfriends who were forced to become their girlfriends are protected, but what about the Gays in Iran. Can't they be protected too?

Iran Transgender Law: Islamic Republic Advances Bill To ‘Protect Transsexuals’ Amid Crackdown On Gay Rights
By Lora Moftah @LoraMoftah[email protected] on May 27 2015 6:59 PM EDT

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Iran's parliament advanced a bill this week that will strengthen legal protections for transsexual Iranians. A member of parliament is pictured walking past pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) in parliament in Tehran, Nov. 1, 2011. Reuters




Iran advanced a bill in parliament this week that would strengthen legal protections for transgender people in the country -- a seemingly contradictory step for a country where homosexuality is not only criminalized but in some cases punishable by death.

But the Islamic Republic’s decades-old recognition of transsexuality and its financial support for transgender Iranians seeking sex-change procedures is something experts argue has helped to reinforce the strict gender divide that continues to undermine LGBT rights more broadly in Iran.

Continue reading at:

http://www.ibtimes.com/iran-transgender-law-islamic-republic-advances-bill-prote

 

[aris2chat]

strange logic

 

[ScienceRocks]

A nut house is where such people belong.

 

[Stephanie]

lol, and you believe them.

I mean they've shown they are so reliable on their word. NOT

Good grief,

 

[Sunni Man]

The Ayatollahs want to make sure that their boyfriends who were forced to become their girlfriends are protected, but what about the Gays in Iran. Can't they be protected too?

Iran Transgender Law: Islamic Republic Advances Bill To ‘Protect Transsexuals’ Amid Crackdown On Gay Rights
By Lora Moftah @LoraMoftah[email protected] on May 27 2015 6:59 PM EDT

Iran's parliament advanced a bill this week that will strengthen legal protections for transsexual Iranians. A member of parliament is pictured walking past pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left) in parliament in Tehran, Nov. 1, 2011. Reuters




Iran advanced a bill in parliament this week that would strengthen legal protections for transgender people in the country -- a seemingly contradictory step for a country where homosexuality is not only criminalized but in some cases punishable by death.

But the Islamic Republic’s decades-old recognition of transsexuality and its financial support for transgender Iranians seeking sex-change procedures is something experts argue has helped to reinforce the strict gender divide that continues to undermine LGBT rights more broadly in Iran.

Continue reading at:

http://www.ibtimes.com/iran-transgender-law-islamic-republic-advances-bill-prote

Oh my!! .......