That's a huge step over there. It also really cements how backwards it's become here in the states.
Meanwhile I wouldn't be surprised if it took decades for us to get to the point where something like this is possible in the US. If at all.
Well that is surprising. I would not have guessed that happening for many decades.
"i am become the past"
The U.S.
True, but it's still an apparent step towards a more modern mindset from a country that America widely regards as being backwards while ignoring the big orange cheeto in the mirror.
Also to note is that Pakistan has utterly horrific women's and children's rights and this ruling is barely a step forward in civil rights over there:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/pakistan
I can't imagine anything concrete will come of this, but it's undoubtedly a nice gesture.
Transgender peoples have rights in Iran as well, the way they interpret it from an Islamic point of view is that its better change to the gender you identify as instead of remaining the same sex and being attracted to those of the same sex.
Of course then there are the cases in which people are both transgender and homosexual, but at least now these people are oppressed only for the latter and not both. Baby steps.
I mean. It isn't surprising that this passed without much against it. Due to the history of transsexualism in the Islamic world. Though, can say their understanding of transsexuals isn't exaclty, well, correct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
I think its probably safe to say culturally trans people are much more widely accepted and safe in the US as opposed to Pakistan, not to take away from what this achieves for them.
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