Iran’s Multipurpose Transsexuals

[Shana A]

Iran's Multipurpose Transsexuals
Posted by: piny in General

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2008/03/18/irans-multipurpose-transsexuals/

BBC News published an article a couple of weeks ago about transition in Iran. In Iran, it is legal to change sex: if you can convince a doctor that you are a transsexual, and if they permit you to undergo GRS, then you can legally change your name and gender on your identifying documents. (It's a package deal: there's only one way. In the states, "full" transition is usually privileged by the law over "partial" or "incomplete" transition, but the trend, knock wood, is towards autonomy and it's not illegal to opt out of any procedure, stop hormones, or fail to change any marker on your documents.)

[LynnER]

I thought this part was kinda funny... in a sence...

"So Iran has it ass-backwards: first gay people gain a measure of acceptance under the law and validation via science, and then transpeople gradually struggle up after them. Iran is doin oppression wrong."

Ummmmm,  isnt oppression wrong reguardless of how its performed?  But anyhow, yeah....