Not every trans woman would be happy in this situation since some just want to socially transition.
Can confirm. If I ever feel comfortable enough to go on E again (yay living in America), I'm keeping mine.
It's not really gender affirming if your gender is a man
Authoritarian governments love their euphemisms.
uhm what? what is the context for this?
Gay men have been forced to transition to continue being with men.
And it is socially acceptable to be a mtf trans person in Iran and has been for quite some time, despite the conservative homophobic government,
It’s an anomaly for sure in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, an anomaly that is used to physically harm gay men. Gay men are assumed to be trans women and so are forcefully given gender reassignment surgeries (note, for trans people, it's gender confirmation surgery).
Gender identity and sex preference are conflated. Whereas in the west, being gay is generally more accepted than being trans, it's the opposite there. Still, it's a sign for humanity that no matter where in the world, or how culture is, there are trans people and gay people living their lives. And some societies have adapted to welcome them, even when they haven't fully. It gives hope for the future, even if it's scary now.
The same thing happened for lesbians in the Soviet Union
Where can I read about this? Reminds me a lot of when I was a teen and wanted to transition to a woman, but they didn’t let lesbians do that. (A ”progressive” Nordic country)
I'm sorry, I've heard it in a talk about Russian imperialism IRL in an activist camp. The presenter is called Daniel Heinz (daniel_heinz28 on insta) if you want to ask
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