Maryam Khatoon Molkara

Maryam Hatoon Molkara (born 1950) is a campaigner for the rights of transsexuals in Iran. She was instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a Fatwā enabling sex change operations to exist as part of a legal framework.^[1][2][3][4]

References

1. ^ McDowall, Angus; Stephen Khan (Thursday, 25 November 2004). "The Ayatollah and the transsexual". The Independent (Tehran). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-ayatollah-and-the-transsexual-534482.html. Retrieved 25 April 2011. "That Maryam Khatoon Molkara can live a normal life is due to a compassionate decision by one man: the leader of the Islamic revolution himself." 
2. ^ Tait, Robert. "A fatwa for transsexuals". Salon.com. http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/28/iran_transsexuals. Retrieved 25 April 2011. "One woman's courage in appealing to the late Ayatollah Khomeini has made Tehran the unlikely sex change capital of the world." 
3. ^ Fathi, Nazila (August 2, 2004). "As Repression Lifts, More Iranians Change Their Sex". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE0D91F3DF931A3575BC0A9629C8B63. 
4. ^ Tait, Robert (July 27, 2005). "A Fatwa for Freedom". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/jul/27/gayrights.iran. Retrieved 2010-05-12. 

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Name	Molkara, Maryam Hatoon
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Date of birth	1950
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