Categories
LGBTQ Plus

The Many Enemies Of Iraqi Transgender: The State, Islamists — And Some Feminists

With the increase of the tyranny of religious fundamentalism and its bureaucratic apparatus, we see related reactions spreading towards non-normative women. And among those who want to deny rights to trans women are certain feminist groups and activists.

Categories
blog

With Low Birthrate, Iran May Make Vasectomy A Crime

TEHRAN — When Iran’s population doubled to some 60 million between the 1970s and 1980s, it was seen as a problem for a resource-poor country in the throes of a war with Iraq and social revolution at home. Leaders moved to curb this baby boom in the late 1980s by promoting contraception and sterilization. But […]

Exit mobile version