My point is Muslims are more transphobic then Russians are, yet the same liberals who despise the Russians for their defending their traditional values... they then turn around and embrace immigrants, refugees and so on who would kill any family member who came out as trans or gay.
Iran has the second highest amount of sex change operations in the world (after Thailand). It is seen as preferable that a transsexual changes gender and marry someone of the opposite sex than, say, a biological male who is a self identified female having gay relationships with other biological males. Better change the boy into a girl, that can then marry a boy than risk gay liaisons. So yes, it is complicated.
In the Western world we are used to thinking that homophobia automatically leads to transphobia, but this relationship is at least more complicated in others cultures. While Muslims on average are more homophobic than Russians that does not
directly translates into being transphobic in all parts of the Islamic world.
Transgender
Mukhannathun are mentioned in a positive way in a couple of Hadith, which has led to a tolerant interpretation by some classic scholars and modern Islamic scholars have suported their right to sex change operations.
There is also the continued existence of the
Hijra community in Pakistan and among Indian Muslims.
So there are traditional roles open for transgender people in many Muslim countries and some religious legitimization of their status, which is not the case in Russia.
