Gender Identity
In the 1990s Sayed Abdullah was the first Egyptian to legally undergo a sex-change operation becoming Sali Abdullah . While the law appears to provide for sex-change operations and obtaining new legal documents, the issue of gender identity is generally associated with homosexuality and thus taboo.
In 1998 the Egyptian government formally banned the music by Israeli transsexual, Dana International, from being aired or sold in the nation .
Read more about this topic: LGBT Rights In Egypt
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