Maziar Lorestani in the opening of the film

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Though Lorestani’s coming out was met by some social users with anti-trans comments, others congratulated him on becoming “his true self”.Though Homeland is notorious for its treatment of LGBTQ+ people as a whole – with homosexuality punishable by death – it is the only country in the Gulf region to legally recognise transgender individuals’ gender identity.

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