"You have to be either a man or a woman"

''I am Iranian. I want to live here and this society tells you: You have to be either a man or a woman.''

-- Negar Askar, a transsexual Iranian, discussing her situation in a recent BBC report that finds that while Iran may punish homosexuality with death, the country is second only to Thailand in the number of gender-reassignment surgeries performed there annually, with the support of the religious hierarchy. (BBC)