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Free To Be Female.(Periscope; Iranian Surprises)(transsexuals in Iran)(Brief article)
Byline: Jesse Ellison
Jesse Ellison
Transsexuals aren't a cultural marker typically associated with religiously inflexible dictatorships, but they are common in Iran--by some estimates, there are 150,000 Iranian transsexuals, and the country hosts more sex-change operations per year than any country outside Thailand. Iranian-American director Tanaz Eshaghian's new film, "Be Like Others," offers a fascinating look at how this subculture can exist.
Explaining the apparent paradox, one Muslim cleric says that while homosexuality is explicitly outlawed in the Qur'an, sex-change operations are not. They are no more an affront to God's will than, for example, turning ...
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