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Over 100 Trans People Missing or “Presumed Dead” After Israel Bombs Iranian Prison (www.erininthemorning.com)

submitted 5 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Important reminder that the the state of israel is no ally to the LGBTQ community

[–] Kayday@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

100% agree. Also worth noting that these Iranian prisoners were likely in jail for being trans.

The Iranian government also monitors online transgender communities, often subjecting them to censorship, and police routinely arrest trans people.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Being trans in Iran is actually legal if they get the surgery.

It's in the article you linked:

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.

[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

This reminds me of The Blacklist episode where they forcibly transitioned a gay Iranian.

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