Gender Changing in Iran... too weird... not that there's any wrong with it

[Bucky]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/02/international/middleeast/02iran.html?8hpib

OK, this one I couldn't make up.

As Repression Lifts, More Iranians Change Their Sex

After decades of repression, the Islamic government is recognizing that some people want to change their sex, and allowing them to have operations and obtain new birth certificates.

Before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, there was no particular policy regarding transsexuals. Iranians with the inclination, means and connections could obtain the necessary medical treatment and new identity documents. The new religious government, however, classed transsexuals and transvestites with gays and lesbians, who were condemned by Islam and faced the punishment of lashing under Iran's penal code.

But these days, Iran's Muslim clerics, who dominate the judiciary, are considerably better informed about transsexuality. Some clerics now even recommend sex-change operations to those who are troubled about their gender. The issue was discussed at a conference in Tehran in June that drew officials from other Persian Gulf countries.

Whoa. Maryam Hatoon Molkara, who was formerly a man known as Fereydoon

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1. Bucky

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