Post Tagged with: "LGBT"
Gender identity is not a crime: Akan’s video testimony
Although horrific, Akan’s Testimony is a typical example of the life of all LGBT Iranians. 6Rang (Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network) has released a video of Akan’s story of rejection, […]
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Forced Sex Changes Must Stop Now
IranWire: Iran’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities are routinely forced to undergo sex changes and to agree to dangerous medical “cures,” according to new research compiled by campaign group […]
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Iran indicates a move toward ending anti-LGBT torture
19 March 2015 – Justice for Iran (JFI) & Iranian Lesbian and Transgender Network (6Rang) welcome the decision by the Islamic Republic of Iran to accept 139 of the 291 […]
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International Community: Iran must stop forced and early marriages and end discrimination against sexual minorities
Justice for Iran | 3 November 2014 – Illegalisation of forced and early marriages, banning forced sex change operations, and formal recognition of the rights of sexual minorities are among […]
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Disciplining Bodies, Diagnosing Identities; Mandatory Veiling, Mandatory Sterilization, Sexual Torture and the Right to Bodily Integrity in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review of Iran, 20th Session of the UPR Working Group, October-November 2014. To read the submission, […]
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