{"id":2388,"date":"2018-05-16T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2021-04-29T01:28:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T01:28:54","slug":"petition-to-end-criminalization-and-medicalization-of-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/2388\/","title":{"rendered":"27 Int&#8217;l Organizations Call for Decriminalizing and Demedicalizing Sexual Orientation &#038; Gender Identity in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3153\" src=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/6rang.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/27-Intl-Organizations-Call-for-Decriminalizing-and-Demedicalizing-Sexual-Orientation-Gender-Identity-in-Iran-705x705.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Petition to end criminalization and medicalization of sexual orientation and gender identity in Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Under Iran\u2019s Islamic Penal Code, consensual same-sex sexual relations between adults carry flogging and the death penalty while transgender expressions including cross-dressing may attract a punishment of 74 lashes and a fine. Transexuality is, however, recognized as a Gender Identity Disorder (GID) curable through sex reassignment surgeries, which were made legal in Iran after a 1986 fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini. As a result of this legal framework, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals who do not conform to culturally approved models of femininity and masculinity have to choose between risking harassment, persecution, and arbitrary arrest and detention by police and paramilitary forces because of their actual or perceived homosexual orientation on the one hand, and seeking a diagnosis of GID with a view to undergoing sex reassignment procedures on the other. Medical professionals frequently lead LGBTI individuals to choose the latter course, which accounts for Iran having one of the highest numbers of sex reassignment surgeries in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking access to information about sexual orientation and gender identity and fearing laws criminalizing any positive speech about homosexuality, medical professionals frequently assign a diagnosis of GID to LGBTI individuals merely on account of their same-sex desires and gender nonconformity. They then nudge LGBTI individuals to either receive reparative therapies (including electroshock therapy and psychoactive medications) aimed at \u201ccuring\u201d them of homosexuality or undergo sterilization and genital reassignment surgeries (GRS) aimed at turning them into \u201cnormally gendered\u201d men or women. These abusive practices are taking place at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of Iranian officials. For instance, Mohamamd Javad Larijani, the head of Iran\u2019s Human Rights Commission, called homosexuality \u201can illness\u201d for which \u201cpeople must be put under psychiatric care and sometime even biological and physical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>We, undersigned, call on the Iranian government to;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Pending full decriminalization of same-sex sexual relations remove the death penalty and flogging for offences relating to consensual same-sex relations between adults;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 End discrimination and violence against LGBTI people, both in law and practice;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Protect gender non-conforming people from harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture and other ill-treatment, whether by state or non-state actors;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 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;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Outlaw reparative therapies including electric shock therapies and psychoactive medications aimed at converting people\u2019s sexual orientation and gender identity;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Promote freedom of expression and access to accurate information and prohibit the use of hate speech against people with different sexual orientation and gender identity, which leads to more domestic, social and state violence against one of the most marginalised groups in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Signatories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"369\"><strong>Organization<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Azusa Yamashita<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Gay Japan News (Equality)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Rachana Choeurng<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Micro Rainbow Internationals (MRI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Thida Kuy<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">UNWomen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Rebecca<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Trans Feminist Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Rainbow<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Talita Kum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Renate Hartman<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Zakaria Nasser<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Tajassod<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Colette O\u2019Regan<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">LGBT Ireland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Pisey Ly<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">RoCK- Cambodia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Ineza Roussille<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Justice for Sisters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Thilaga<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Justice for Sisters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Nguyen Hai Yen<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Viet Feminists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Nga LH Nguyen<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Women Who Make a Difference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Mai Nh\u01b0 Thi\u00ean \u00c2n<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">FTM Vietnam Organization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Nara Lee<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Lucio<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">China LGBT Youth Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Lim Khinlui<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Student Gender Alliance TW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Usman Hakimuddin<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Humraz Male Health Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Bhoomi Harendran<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">FPA Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Hiroto Shimizu<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Japan LGBT association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Mari Yoshida<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Japan LGBT association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Mikiyasu Kato<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Japan LGBT association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Ariel Herrera<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Dignity for All<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">June Chua<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">The T Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Bess Hepworth<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Planet Alley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Hic Zhuo<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Trans Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Manis Chen<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Justice for Sisters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Romiaty Barreto<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Fundasaun CODIVA (<em>Coalition for Diversity and Action<\/em>\/<em>Hamutuk iha Diversidade<\/em> ba <em>Asaun<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Sasha<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">GWL-INA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Shahzadi Rai<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Sindh Transgender Welfare Network (STWN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Moazzam Ali<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">SUB RANG SOCIETY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"198\">Bebo Haider<\/td>\n<td width=\"369\">Pireh Male Health 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