A harsh interpretation of Sharia law, penalizes and forbids same-sex consensual acts; Tehran “criminalizes and harshly punishes same-sex intercourse and treats same-sex attraction as a disease” (United Nations) Systemic oppression of LGBTQ+ individuals began in the 1979 with the Iranian Islamic revolution and the rise of power ofAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. There are reports that “LGBT children in Iran have been forced to undergo forced “therapy”—including the administration of electric shocks, hormones, and psychiatric medication”(United Nations); although Khomeini issued a legal fatwa permitting legal sex reassignment surgery, de facto ultimately policies result in authorities pressuring LGBTQ+ citizens to undergo unwanted surgery that allows individuals to enter same sex relationships.
Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
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Civil Unions
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Joint Adoption
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Second Parent Adoption
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Employment Nondiscrimination Laws
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Broad Protections
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Criminalization of Violence
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Ban of Conversion Therapy
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Consensual Same-Sex Acts are Legal?
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Gender
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Max Penalty (Yrs in Prison)
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