Maryam Khatoonpour Molkara (1950-2012), Persian: مریم خاتون ملکآرا, was a campaigner for the rights of transgender people in Iran, where she is widely recognized as a matriarch of the transgender community.[1] Designated male at birth, she was later instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a fatwa enabling sex reassignment surgery to exist as part of a legal framework.[1][2][3][4]
^ ab"Human Rights Report: Being Transgender in Iran" (PDF). Outright. Action International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
^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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