A photograph displayed at the exhibition "Treat Me Like Your Mother" by Mohammad Abdouni at the Mina Image Center, in November 2022. (Credit: Jana Khoury/L’Orient-Le Jour)
The modification of a person's gender and first name in civil registry records was ordered by Bint Jbeil's sole judge, Wassim Zahreddine, in a ruling issued last April and published recently. The still-taboo nature of transgender legal rights was one reason for the delay in publishing, but the transgender woman concerned, Rami D., insisted that the judgment be made public, according to a judicial source.Born in 1989, Rami had felt since childhood a disconnect between the sex assigned at birth and the feminine identity she experienced in her body and mind, according to the facts outlined in the ruling, a copy of which L'Orient-Le Jour reviewed. In 2020, she filed a petition stating that she suffered from gender dysphoria. She noted that she was known in her circle as Romy, a feminine name, and requested changes to her personal...
The modification of a person's gender and first name in civil registry records was ordered by Bint Jbeil's sole judge, Wassim Zahreddine, in a ruling issued last April and published recently. The still-taboo nature of transgender legal rights was one reason for the delay in publishing, but the transgender woman concerned, Rami D., insisted that the judgment be made public, according to a judicial source.Born in 1989, Rami had felt since childhood a disconnect between the sex assigned at birth and the feminine identity she experienced in her body and mind, according to the facts outlined in the ruling, a copy of which L'Orient-Le Jour reviewed. In 2020, she filed a petition stating that she suffered from gender dysphoria. She noted that she was known in her circle as Romy, a feminine name, and requested changes to her...
