Iran leaders kinder to transsexuals than to gays

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Iran leaders kinder to transsexuals than to gays

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-0228iranchange_fillfeb28,1,1622554.story

By Ladane Nasseri | Bloomberg News
    February 28, 2008

Nasser didn't think much of Iran's Islamic regime -- until it paid for him to become a woman.

Growing up in the city of Mashhad, Nasser knew he was different from the other boys, sneaking around in his aunt's skirts and experimenting with makeup. At age 14, he told his parents he wanted to have a sex-change operation.