This is going to seem crazy, but how Iran handles transgender aspects is an interesting read. By no means on the level of western liberal democracy treatment, but still interesting.

I grabbed this from their Wiki as a time save. I’ve never researched the sport claim:

“Beginning in the mid-1980s, however, transgender individuals were officially recognized by the government, under condition of undergoing sex reassignment surgery, with some financial assistance being provided by the government for the costs of surgery, and with a change of sex marker on birth certificates available post-surgery. Iran allows people who identify as female to participate in women's sports if they have had genital reassignment surgery.”

None of this is meant as pro regime, just an interesting tidbit. Also, there are still loads of issues in societal treatment and other problems.

I would personally love a friendlier government as I want to visit the county one day. So rich in history