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I noticed HRT is technically allowed and debatebly encouraged under Shariah so am now reading wikipedia articles about Trans rights in Iran

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[-] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I believe the context of this was not really the LGBT-positive view that this post makes it seem to be, but that gay people would be accepted if they agreed to sex reassignment, and being gay was not acceptable otherwise? Am I wrong?

Also trans people in Iran were only recognized if they have undergone sex reassignment surgey and still faced major societal discrimination.

[-] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 55 points 1 week ago

You are right. The Iran sane-washing is out of fucking control. It's being done in bad faith across the internet.

[-] amne@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Iran sane-washing is out of fucking control. It’s being done in bad faith across the internet.

I'm willing to bet this is partly a right wing/russian shill campaign to once again discredit and make the left look like the crazy one.

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