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This kinda thing can't be reduced to a single number, how do you compare the US, where trans people often can't afford HRT in the best states, and are literally unable to get it in Florida, to Iran, where it's free, but surgery is mandatory and being gay is punishable by death?
A place where hatecrimes aren't uncommon, but there is some level of legal protection, to a place with far fewer hatecrimes/discrimination, but no special legal protections?
Very few subjects can be represented by one graph and still give you the whole story. You could say this about almost anything posted here. I think it’s useful and interesting enough to be here.
... Iran, where it's free, but surgery is mandatory and being gay is punishable by death?
It's free because it's the "sentence" for being gay. Get an operation or be executed.
I'm not quite sure how punitive it is. Basically they fully acknowledge trans people, but not homosexuality, so everyone gets pushed into the trans category.
Yes, the point is a binary trans Iranian who wants surgery is less oppressed in Iran on the axis of being trans than in America, but they're quite obviously worse for someone in nearly any other position.
Those are some real heavy blinders you've got on.
Edit: More specifically, on this issue, the Iranian state is about forcing all people into rigid biological, sexual, and gender roles. The fact that that accidentally fails to oppress a sliver of people whose personal goals happen to align with the oppressive position of the state doesn't make that "less oppressive."
That one specific group experiences oppression due to being trans in America they don't experience in Iran.
I agree that countries ara hard to compare "in bulk" but I think that naming the chart with the wording "legal equality" hints at acknowledging that it's representing a very concrete dimension of equality in general.
Iran should probably be a lighter shade than Saudi, then. They're on a similar level for gay people, but actually ahead of the US on trans people.
Great points! My first thought was, bullshit on comparing the entire planet.
In any case, gays got it far better in America than they did 30-years ago. Shit takes time.
Yeah, but also you can see some countries scoring lower due to trans rights where queer couples have equivalent rights to het. No "map" is going to take all the nuance. But your point is valid. Reducing to a number obscures things and it's worth little in terms of reliable, actionable info.
Yeah, this map is kind of misleading. According to this map, the country I live in is somewhere in the middle section. I've been living in a blue country, too. While the blue country may have more legality to the LGBT+ community, in reality there is public shaming and intolerance. People are often scared to come out. And the middle section country may not have wedding laws and such, but I've yet to meet a person (except foreigners) who makes fuss of LGBT+ people. They are a respected part of society.