and interesting thing is that a lot of fundamentalist Islamists are actually not anti trans. they are fine with trans people and help them transition in a lot of cases like Egypt and Iran. the problem they have is with gay people, which like I'm not saying that's good or anything but it is funny how these brainworms work different depending on the culture... almost like these things have been constructed socially or something
hm, not really true to say Iran is fine with trans people. what they do is they force gay people to receive bottom surgery and live as the other binary gender. and while actual trans people do have a path to limited recognition under the law and can receive bottom surgery funded by the state (provided you jump through a huge number of humiliating, privacy violating, life destroying hoops), it's still fucking awful to be a trans person in Iran. they are most certainly anti-trans, they're just relatively good on trans rights compared to places like Saudi Arabia where you get murdered by the state for it.
yeah I am massively over simplifying it to make a quick point. like you are correct it's not like Iran is draping the streets of Tehran with trans pride flags. but it is just interesting how transness is, to some degree, accepted where homosexuality is seen as a bridge too far, showing how much this stuff is just a social construct and completely arbitrary on which one is 'too far'
and interesting thing is that a lot of fundamentalist Islamists are actually not anti trans. they are fine with trans people and help them transition in a lot of cases like Egypt and Iran. the problem they have is with gay people, which like I'm not saying that's good or anything but it is funny how these brainworms work different depending on the culture... almost like these things have been constructed socially or something
hm, not really true to say Iran is fine with trans people. what they do is they force gay people to receive bottom surgery and live as the other binary gender. and while actual trans people do have a path to limited recognition under the law and can receive bottom surgery funded by the state (provided you jump through a huge number of humiliating, privacy violating, life destroying hoops), it's still fucking awful to be a trans person in Iran. they are most certainly anti-trans, they're just relatively good on trans rights compared to places like Saudi Arabia where you get murdered by the state for it.
yeah I am massively over simplifying it to make a quick point. like you are correct it's not like Iran is draping the streets of Tehran with trans pride flags. but it is just interesting how transness is, to some degree, accepted where homosexuality is seen as a bridge too far, showing how much this stuff is just a social construct and completely arbitrary on which one is 'too far'
yeah it's so disgustingly arbitrary. why cant they just let us exist ffs
:trans-sad: one day comrade
maybe if we can make your username a reality, we can get there
inshallah
and in the US you just get murdered by some bigot or a cop for it.
Hi, i'm uneducated on the topic but check out this tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/9BillionTigers/status/1403528666311581700
A lot of Islamic theocracies believe that gay men have womens brains and places like Iran will give gay men two choices.
Be stoned to death.
Forcibly undergo sex change surgeries.
I have a family friend from Iraq and he literally didn't believe gay people existed when he immigrated