This is really ridiculous. If a person really feels that he or she is the wrong gender, then it should be up to that individual to decide whether to have the operation. However, if a person is Gay and feels comfortable in his or her own body, why should they be hounded to have an operation to change them into something they are not.
REPORT: IRAN FORCING GAYS AND LESBIANS INTO GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY
by FRANCES MARTEL 5 Nov 2014 259POST A COMMENT
The Iranian government-- which punishes homosexuality by death-- accepts the existence of transgendered individuals. The Ayatollah's fatwa allowing gender reassignment surgery has led to immense pressure-- and sometimes full enforcement-- on cisgender homosexual men and women to undergo these dangerous surgeries.
In an extensive BBC report, a number of Iranian gays and lesbians currently living in exile tell tales of public pressure to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Many, the report notes, begin feeling outside pressure to change their gender as early as age 16-- when the idea of having a medical procedure fix all social problems may seem especially appealing.
"I was under so much pressure that I wanted to change my gender as soon as possible," says Donya, a lesbian who fled to Turkey to avoid the surgery. She underwent hormone therapy and said she felt better with herself, but after extensive research, found that the surgery was not for her. "I got to know myself better... I accepted that I was a lesbian and I was happy with that," she tells BBC.
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Report Iran Forcing Gays and Lesbians into Gender Reassignment Surgery
REPORT: IRAN FORCING GAYS AND LESBIANS INTO GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY
by FRANCES MARTEL 5 Nov 2014 259POST A COMMENT
The Iranian government-- which punishes homosexuality by death-- accepts the existence of transgendered individuals. The Ayatollah's fatwa allowing gender reassignment surgery has led to immense pressure-- and sometimes full enforcement-- on cisgender homosexual men and women to undergo these dangerous surgeries.
In an extensive BBC report, a number of Iranian gays and lesbians currently living in exile tell tales of public pressure to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Many, the report notes, begin feeling outside pressure to change their gender as early as age 16-- when the idea of having a medical procedure fix all social problems may seem especially appealing.
"I was under so much pressure that I wanted to change my gender as soon as possible," says Donya, a lesbian who fled to Turkey to avoid the surgery. She underwent hormone therapy and said she felt better with herself, but after extensive research, found that the surgery was not for her. "I got to know myself better... I accepted that I was a lesbian and I was happy with that," she tells BBC.
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Report Iran Forcing Gays and Lesbians into Gender Reassignment Surgery
