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'''Maryam Khatoonpour Molkara''' (1950-2012) was a campaigner for the rights of [[Transsexualism|transsexual]]s in [[Iran]]. Designated male at birth, she was later instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a [[Fatwā]] enabling [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex change]] operations to exist as part of a legal framework.<ref name="TransiranfatwaMolkara">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-ayatollah-and-the-transsexual-534482.html|title=The Ayatollah and the transsexual|last=McDowall|first=Angus|author2=Stephen Khan|date=25 November 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|quote=That Maryam Khatoon Molkara can live a normal life is due to a compassionate decision by one man: the leader of the Islamic revolution himself.|accessdate=25 April 2011|location=Tehran}}</ref><ref name="IranSalon">{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/28/iran_transsexuals|title=A fatwa for transsexuals|last=Tait|first=Robert|work=Salon.com|quote=One woman's courage in appealing to the late Ayatollah Khomeini has made Tehran the unlikely sex change capital of the world.|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |
'''Maryam Khatoonpour Molkara''' (1950-2012) was a campaigner for the rights of [[Transsexualism|transsexual]]s in [[Iran]]. Designated male at birth, she was later instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a [[Fatwā]] enabling [[Sex reassignment surgery|sex change]] operations to exist as part of a legal framework.<ref name="TransiranfatwaMolkara">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-ayatollah-and-the-transsexual-534482.html|title=The Ayatollah and the transsexual|last=McDowall|first=Angus|author2=Stephen Khan|date=25 November 2004|work=[[The Independent]]|quote=That Maryam Khatoon Molkara can live a normal life is due to a compassionate decision by one man: the leader of the Islamic revolution himself.|accessdate=25 April 2011|location=Tehran}}</ref><ref name="IranSalon">{{cite news|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/28/iran_transsexuals|title=A fatwa for transsexuals|last=Tait|first=Robert|work=Salon.com|quote=One woman's courage in appealing to the late Ayatollah Khomeini has made Tehran the unlikely sex change capital of the world.|accessdate=25 April 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014405/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/28/iran_transsexuals|archivedate=7 June 2011|df=}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |
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Maryam Khatoonpour Molkara (1950-2012) was a campaigner for the rights of transsexuals in Iran. Designated male at birth, she was later instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a Fatwā enabling sex change operations to exist as part of a legal framework.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ McDowall, Angus; Stephen Khan (25 November 2004). "The Ayatollah and the transsexual". The Independent. Tehran. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
That Maryam Khatoon Molkara can live a normal life is due to a compassionate decision by one man: the leader of the Islamic revolution himself.
- ^ Tait, Robert. "A fatwa for transsexuals". Salon.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
One woman's courage in appealing to the late Ayatollah Khomeini has made Tehran the unlikely sex change capital of the world.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Fathi, Nazila (August 2, 2004). "As Repression Lifts, More Iranians Change Their Sex". The New York Times.
- ^ Tait, Robert (July 27, 2005). "A Fatwa for Freedom". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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