Maryam Hatoon Molkara

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Maryam Hatoon Molkara (b. 1950) is a campaigner for the rights of transsexuals in Iran. Formerly known as Fereydoon, which is a male name, she was instrumental in obtaining a letter which acted as a fatwa enabling sex change operations to exist as part of a legal framework.

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Fathi, Nazila. "As Repression Lifts, More Iranians Change Their Sex", The New York Times, August 2, 2004.
"A Fatwa for Freedom", The Guardian, July 27, 2005.

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