Iran's cultural, social, and historical characteristics contribute to different experiences for Iranian trans women and trans men compared with their peers in other countries where gender diversity and trans rights are acknowledged. We conducted an emergent fit analysis based on past grounded theory studies of Iranian trans women's and men's identity development to explore and compare the diverse gender developmental milestones of these groups and the underlying causes and mechanisms associated with any observed differences. In this study, emergent fit analysis revealed that trans women's and trans men's experiences are comparable across several general categories, but markedly diverge in many specific emergent details, including different child-parent relationships, school years experiences, peer and romantic relationships, social policy implications, gender taboos during different developmental stages, their experiences after transition/surgery, and legal and social status. Policymakers, academics, clinical associates, and medical professionals not specifically trained in working with gender-diverse populations and those who may not be familiar with Iran’s cultural context can use these findings to enhance their professional knowledge and, as a result, implement policies and practices that acknowledge and support the diverse gendered experiences of trans people.

伊朗的文化、社会和历史特征导致伊朗跨性别女性和跨性别男性的经历与其他承认性别多样性和跨性别权利的国家的同龄人不同。我们根据过去对伊朗跨性别女性和男性身份发展的扎根理论研究进行了紧急契合分析，以探索和比较这些群体的不同性别发展里程碑以及与任何观察到的差异相关的根本原因和机制。在这项研究中，紧急契合度分析显示，跨性别女性和跨性别男性的经历在几个一般类别上具有可比性，但在许多具体的紧急细节上存在显着差异，包括不同的子女与父母关系、学年经历、同伴和浪漫关系、社会政策影响、不同发育阶段的性别禁忌、变性/手术后的经历以及法律和社会地位。未接受过与性别多元化人群合作方面专门培训的政策制定者、学者、临床助理和医疗专业人员以及那些可能不熟悉伊朗文化背景的人可以利用这些发现来增强他们的专业知识，从而实施政策和实践承认并支持跨性别者的多样化性别经历。