Nadia's Question, please help

[NadiaUSA]

Does anyone here know of any laws in any country that allows for arrest or harm for simply being transgender or even cross dressed?

I have heard of Mexico having a law against crossdressing. Is it true?

Also, what are the laws of Saudi Arabia and UAE?

Was there a story of a French TS simply shopping in an Arab country and getting arrested?

What's the real laws?

Regards,
Nadia

[Mac_Hine]

mac_hine's answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights

[Mac_Hine]

mac_hine's answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_rights

Lord Cornbury was a cross-dresser and he was the Governor of NY ad NJ 350 years ago!!:

http://sexxxyjade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=749
how do ya like them apples

WHY MUST EVERY TRANNY MESSAGE BOARD HAVE A PINK THEME?!?!? WHY OTIS, WHY!?!!?

[T Oracle]

From Yahoo answers on Can a a moslem man crossdress?

"In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate and Merciful

As a general rule, the jurists of Sacred Law mention the unlawfulness of the imitation of the opposite gender, as well as anything indicating or leading to homosexuality or lesbianism. Cultural norms in one's society may come into play here, as Sacred Law takes into account what is considered effeminate or masculine in one's time and place.

The following is an authentic tradition, meaning that it is obligatory for Muslims to act upon it as if it was actually said:

Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) relates, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace): “Cursed those men who imitate women and those women who imitate men” (Sahih al-Bukhari, 7/205).

It is important to also note, however, that the Sacred Law has principles that it is meant to protect, including one's life, one's property, one's honor, one's religion, and one's family. If there were an instance where dressing up like a woman may be necessary to protect one of these things in a particular unusual situation, it may be considered permissible. And God Most High knows best. And all praise is due to God, lord of all the worlds.

As a note, the answers to similar questions can be found in great number at www.sunnipath.com in the "answers" database."

I've seen 'Transsexual in Iran'. In Iran, crossdressing isn't permitted and is policed by 3 different forces. Transsexualism is seen as an illness which is cured by SRS. So it's legal as long as you get diagnosed with it and you actively pursue SRS. At diagnosis time you are expected to dress in clothes appropriate to your target gender, so technically not crossdressing. Lucky TS people get supported by their family and fit back into society. The bulk seem to get rejected by their family, irrespective of whether its legal, and getting cut off from family in a society which is family-centric is a pretty lousy fate.

[NadiaUSA]

Is there any instance where an oppisite gender on one's passport would result in bad treatment by a countries officials or local residents?

Nadia