national/world - Iran will pay for gender-transition surgery, but it comes at a cost — your dignity

Joshua Nelken-Zitser, Ida Reihani

Business Insider

Tehran, Iran

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Iran - Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, wins Iran's presidential vote amid historically low turnout

Staff

CNN

Ebrahim Raisi

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Benjamin Netanyahu - Netanyahu uses last speech as prime minister to attack Biden on Iran

Barak Ravid

Axios

His last violin (thankfully)

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lead story - Iran: How transgender people survive ultraconservative rule

Monir Ghaedi

DW

 Tehran, Iran

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Donald Trump - An Abrupt Move That Stunned Aides: Inside Trump’s Aborted Attack on Iran

Peter Baker, Eric Schmitt, Michael Crowley
The New York Times

ezs note:  Donald Trump, deep in thought

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lead story - Despite fatwa, transgender people in Iran face harassment

Press
Tampa Bay Times

Tehran, Iran

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Iran - Transgender In Tehran: Arsham's Story

Masih Alinejad
RadioLiberty

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Trump’s Iran Derangement

Roger Cohen
The New York Times

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President Trump's Latest Flip-Flop: Iran

Massimo Calabresi
Time

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In Iran, treatment of transgender people is a double-edged sword

Kevin Schumacher (aka Hossein Alizedah)
LGBTQ Nation

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Iranian Transgender Youth Reveal Parents Reaction to Their 'Inner Disorder'

Press
Sputnik News

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Iran Transgender Law: Islamic Republic Advances Bill To ‘Protect Transsexuals’ Amid Crackdown On Gay Rights

Lora Moftah
International Business Times

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Report: Gay Iranians pressured into gender reassignment by doctors (UK)

Scott Roberts
http://www.pinknews.co.uk


to read more, go to:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/05/report-gay-iranians-pressured-into-gender-reassignment-by-doctors/

Iranian transgender refugee struggles for acceptance (Canada)

Gavin Fisher
http://www.cbc.ca


to read more, go to:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/iranian-transgender-refugee-struggles-for-acceptance-1.2725554

From Iran to Turkey to Canada, a transgender woman seeks refuge

Shuka Kalantari
http://www.pri.org/

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ezs note:  The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) - mentioned in the article - is a very worthy organization.  It is also entirely funded by donations.  To see more about the work that they do, please contact www.unhcr.org.

Repression, homophobia and transgender policies in Iran - MARIA KARI - http://rabble.ca

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Mohammad Javad Larijani, Iran Human Rights Official, Calls Homosexuality 'A Disease' (www.huffingtonpost.com)

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Sexual minorities persecuted in Iran (www.voanews.com)

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Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities (Payvand [Iran])

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Iran's solution to 'gay problem'? State-funded sex change surgery (The Sun [Canada])

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