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Iran - TS heaven Gay Hell

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  • 25-02-2008 11:13pm
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    Rev Hellfire
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    I happened upon an interesting program which was on last night which might be of interest to the good citizens of this forum.
    It was basically a documentary on transsexuals in Iran and followed the course of a male to female transsexual. Interestingly enough such gender-reassignments are permitted within the country and part funded by the state (50% of the total cost) and even allows for alterations to the birth cert.
    As you can no doubt imagine homosexuality is *ahem* somewhat discouraged and with these operations seem to be seen as a possible 'cure' and a possible work around.The outcome is very mixed to say the least.

    I'm sure it'll be on the beebs video service, should you think it tickles your fancy.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=today&service_id=4224&filename=20080225/20080225_2100_4224_27801_60


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    Marshy
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    How a state could be so short-sighted and hypocritical is beyond me...


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    LegacyUser
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    Great for someone like me but not so good for gay guys. In some Arab countries men can change their identity and essentially become women without surgery as such. It's a peculiarity of the whole Islamic homophobia thing.


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