Happy Trans Awareness Week! We’ll be highlighting different trans people from history throughout the week, starting today with a few facts about Iranian activist Maryam Khatoon Molkara.
Dressed in a black velvet suit with red flames on it to go out in Tehran as a teen 1970s
Secured a fatwa (Islamic legal statement) from Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, recognising trans people’s right to gender confirmation surgery in the 1980s
Ran a support centre for trans people fleeing violence or seeking support through their transition from her home in the 2000s
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[Image: Maryam Khatoon Molkara, an Iranian woman in her 60s wearing a black hijab]