On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:10 AM, ravi wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>> Oh, and you probably noticed that India *overturned* the ban. Any
>> bets on when that might happen in Iran?
>>
>
> I am guessing pretty soon after they get a chance to determine their
> own future, etc.
Huh? Iran has been determining its own future, to the extent that any smallish country can, for 30 years.
> The decision in India is great news of course, though not quite as
> far-reaching as Iran's state-sponsored sex change ;-)
The darker spin on that is that it's a way of subverting same-sex desire, a nod to heteronormativity, even if its surgically assisted.