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Medicalization of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Medicalization of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Statement of Justice for Iran (JFI) & 6Rang UPR Pre-session on Iran Geneva, 8 October 2014. Iran’s New Penal Code. Criminalization of Homosexuality

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Medicalization of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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  1. Medicalization of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Statement of Justice for Iran (JFI) & 6Rang UPR Pre-session on Iran Geneva, 8 October 2014

  2. Iran’s New Penal Code • Criminalization of Homosexuality The receptive/passive partner in livat (penetration of a man’s genital into the anus of another man) is sentenced to death and the insert ive/active partner is sentence to death if he meets the conditions of ihsan (married with unhampered sexual access to one’s wife) and to one hundred lashes if he does not. (Article 234) A woman putting her genital on another women’s (mosaheqeh) is punishable by one hundred lashes. Conviction for the fourth time is punishable by the death penalty. (Article 136 & 239) • Prohibition of Cross Dressing Those who engage in a conduct that is religiously prohibited (such as trans-dressing) or offend public morals may be sentenced to up to 74 lashes. (Article 101) “Women who appear without Islamic veil in public will be sentenced to imprisonment between 10 days and two months or payment of 50,000 to 500,000 Rials”(Article 638)

  3. “I performs an average of 30-40 sex reassignment surgeries a month.”Dr. SoudabehOskouei, a public event, University of Tehran, May 2014

  4. Iran’s Ethic Codes for Psychologists & Counsellor First paragraph: “Therapist must observe ethical standards and religious values of the Islamic Republic of Iran in counselling and therapy services.”

  5. Mastectomy on female-to-male transgender intervieweewhose post-surgerydeformedbodyshowscomplete lack ofprofessionalismas well ascareforthephysicaland mental well-beingofthe individual

  6. Recommendations • Pending full decriminalisation of same-sex sexual relations remove the death penalty and flogging for offences relating to consensual same-sex relations between adults; • End discrimination and violence against LGBT people, both in law and practice;Protect gender non-conforming people from harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture and other ill-treatment, whether by state or non-state actors; • Adopt a comprehensive legislation to streamline legal sex change procedures and protect the right to health of transsexuals, without imposing sterilization and genital reassignment surgeries as a prerequisite for gender legal recognition;

  7. ... Recommendations • Outlaw reparative therapies including electric shock therapies and psychoactive medications aimed at converting people’s sexual orientation and gender identity • Exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and hold accountable surgeons who administer substandard or negligent sex reassignment surgeries without informed consent or in reckless disregard of international standards of care for transsexual people • Respect the right to receive and impart health information including on sexual and reproductive matters • Stop hate speech against people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity

  8. Even one more recommendation on SOGI in Iran’s UPR will make a significant difference IranianLesbian& Transgender Network (6Rang.org) www.Justice4Iran.org

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