#76 - On Gender Dysphoria and Transgenderism: Contemporary Challenges

A Way Beyond the Rainbow

In this episode, Br. Mobeen Vaid and I discuss the Islamic perspectives on gender-reassignment surgeries as well as the ripple effects of the modern day transgender movement.
What are the major Islamic fatawa regarding sex-reassignment surgeries within Sunni and Shi'a Islam? On what grounds were such fatwas issued to begin with? Do communities like the Hijras in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as the Warias in Indonesia represent legitimate "third gender" communities? What are the ripple effects of the modern trans movement on family units, schools and academia, Muslim scholarship, as well as our mosques and places of worship? These and other questions are explored in this episode.
References used and resources mentioned in this episode:
- “And the Male Is Not like the Female”: Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity (Part 2) by Mobeen Vaid and Waheed Jensen
- When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment by Ryan Anderson
- Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier
- The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism by Michael Bailey
- 4thWaveNow website

Chapters

1. #76 - On Gender Dysphoria and Transgenderism: Contemporary Challenges (00:00:00)

2. Episode Introduction (00:00:37)

3. On Sex-Reassignment Surgeries: Religious Perspectives (00:01:19)

4. On the Transgender Movement and Its Ripple Effects (00:45:20)

5. Final Words (01:35:00)

6. Ending Remarks (01:37:24)