This tidbit is sometimes presented like it’s a pro-trans win, but the truth is far from pretty.
If you get caught as a cis-gendered gay man in Iran then you’re potentially facing the death penalty. In a legal move that wouldn’t exist anywhere else in the world, you can plea-bargain your ding dong into a hoo-hah.
If the state is offering you a choice between mutilation or death, is it even really a choice?
Yeah, my first thought when reading the post was “it’s not despite, it’s because of.”
It doesn’t so much “allow” as “forces”.
Cis gay man? Get surgery or die.
Trans woman who doesn’t want surgery? Get surgery or die.
Ohhhhh that’s a lot less positive than you might think it is.
It’s forced on whoever’s not on role in the relationship to “conform to their behavior.”
Sub men being forced to live as women, and dominant women being forced to live as men.
And yes, that includes “surgical correction.”
