The document discusses gender diversity, defining it as the experience of gender identity beyond binary male and female classifications. It describes various gender diverse identities, including intersex, transsexual, and transgender people, and the legal recognition and rights of these individuals in countries like New Zealand and Iran. Additionally, it highlights the challenges faced by gender diverse individuals, particularly in Iran, where sexual identities outside heterosexual norms are heavily repressed.

3. WHAT IS GENDER DIVERSITY?
“refer(s) to the experience of sex or
gender identity beyond biological and
binary notions of male and female,
man and woman…[it] celebrates the
diversity in sex and gender identities,
rather than defining particular
categories of people.”
(Australian Journal of Human Rights)

4. WHO ARE GENDER DIVERSE
PEOPLE?
• Intersex
• Transsexual
• Transgender
• Cross-dresser
• Androgynous

5. WHO ARE INTERSEX PEOPLE?
It‟s a general term used for a variety
of conditions in which a person is born
with a reproductive or sexual anatomy
that doesn‟t seem to fit the typical
definitions of female or male.

6. WHO ARE TRANSSEXUAL
PEOPLE?
Are people who have changed or
in the process of changing their
physical sex to conform to their
gender identity.

7. WHO ARE TRANSGENDER
PEOPLE?
Are people who feel like they're
living inside a body that's all
wrong for them. They often say
they feel "trapped in someone
else's body."

9. GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE IN
NEW ZEALAND
• In New Zealand, gender diversity
includes, transsexual people, cross
dressers, intersex, drag queens and
drag kings, and Māori and Pacific
gender and sexual identities people.
• Transgender communities were
increasingly visible in the early
2000s.

10. STATISTICS
• Estimates of the numbers of
transsexuals in New Zealand
suggest that three to 10 people
per 1,000 are male-to-female,
and one to three per 1,000 are
female-to-male.

11. GENDER ‘X’ PASSPORT
• Transgender people can now
have their New Zealand
passport to record their
preferred gender status as an X
instead of M or F.

12. LEGAL RIGHTS
• The right to freedom of expression
• The right to freedom of thoughts
• The right to privacy
• The protection from violence,
injury, abuse or exploitation
• The right to an adequate standard
of living
• The right to employment

13. GEORGINA BEYER

14. CARMEN RUPE

16. GENDER DIVERSITY IN IRAN
• One of the sex-reassignment surgery
capitals of the world (second only to
Thailand)
• The government provides up to half
the cost of the sex-reassignment
surgery
• Change in sex is recorded in the birth
certificate

17. STATISTICS
• With a population of 71.5 million
people in Iran for 2007, official
statistics put the number of
transsexuals in Iran between 15,000
and 20,000 people, with unofficial
estimates suggesting many more --
up to 150,000. 4% of the population
says they have had homosexual
relationships.

18. LEGAL RECOGNITION
• Exceptions are made to
transgender people because of
the fatwa issued by Ayatollah
Khomeini, since it does not
undermine the strict gender rules
of Iran‟s Islamic theocracy.

19. FROM FREEDOM TO
DISCRIMINATION
• Any sexual activity outside a
heterosexual marriage is forbidden.
• The lifestyles of gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender people in Iran are
denied by the Islamic regime.
• Sexual reassignment surgery is
sanctioned as a supposed „cure‟ for
homosexuality.

20. • Iranian president says that there
are no homosexuals in Iran and
that this is a problem the rest of
the world has.
• Gays are forced into being
transsexual
• Trans-women are considered a
shame upon the family.

21. Maryam Hatoon Molkara

23. THANK YOU!