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- drvelocity, on 10/10/2007, -3/+55Well, I mean we have to save for the possibility that every single gay man in Iran has had the sex change operation, and thus can no longer be considered gay as they are now technically female. ;)
- phxkross, on 10/10/2007, -3/+49Ridiculous. Gender Identity issues have very little to do with sexual preference. Let me bust a myth. Gay people aren't lining up to surgically modify their bodies so they won't be "gay".
I am man + I "digg" man = Gay.
I am man + I want to be woman = Transgendered.
Foreign concept? To some. Difficult Concept? Hardly.
Grow up. - JezusGhoti, on 10/10/2007, -0/+44My Iranian told you that I'm gay?
Damn. I'm going to have to fire that guy. - chrisinsocalif, on 10/10/2007, -1/+42Maybe he meant "Gay" as in happy. They don't have any happy people.
- meruru, on 10/10/2007, -4/+39Being gay != transexual and likewise being transexual != gay
- FreakyD, on 10/10/2007, -5/+34Well if some change genders and the others are killed.....theoretically they should have no gays, so it all makes sense
- 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Why can't they? I'm sure a gay doctor would be just as capable as a straight doctor. While the surgical techniques require intimate knowledge of the female genitalia, I'm pretty sure they don't require you to be intimate with them.
(Yes, I know he made a typo) - kingkilr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+23Gee, I wonder why there isn't a gay culture... maybe because its a crime?
- GreatMan05, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19There are no gays in Iran just like there are no gays in the Senate.
- mailthev, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20thanks, I was stuck for hours before I read your insightful comment
- swrostmore, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22It's not gay if they are women.
- clink0914, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17You must be fun at parties.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20So, are you saying Iran leads the world in people born with male and females genitals?
- boyasunder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Indeed. If there's one thing that I, and most, if not all, of my gay friends don't want anything to do with, its vagina.
- pmuaddib, on 10/10/2007, -11/+26He didn't say there were no gay people in Iran. He said that they don't have the same phenomenon as the US. Which simply means there is no open Gay culture in Iran like the US. It is not an erroneous statement, just fact.
- jubilee123, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Last time I checked, transgendered people aren't the same as homosexuals.
- moofer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16When did sex changes have anything to do with being gay? One deals with the gender of a person, one deals with the sexual preference of a person. They're not the same thing.
- tehbored, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Duh. If they change their sex they're not gay anymore. Though, I don't imagine that would be totally satisfactory to those who are just gay and not genuinely transsexual.
- Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11i see what you did there
- guinpen, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12since when does wanting to be a woman make you gay? these could be perfectly straight (confused) males turning into (slightly less confused) lesbians
- moofer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9See, I see what you saw there. You can't sleep until everyone in the world knows you got the joke. You're the same kinda ***** that goes to movies and repeats the joke out loud, so others can hear you tell it, then laugh at it, like you're the humor police or some *****. Well done. Like the *****-sucker that sat next to me at the Simpsons movie. Every time a funny sign appeared in the background, he had to read it out loud and laugh. Good thing, since I don't know how to read. I wouldn't have gotten it at all. I also had no idea when to laugh until he queued me in on it.
Thanks to you and your buddies for saving us all. - moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7It's spelled "Tehran", dingus.
(capital of Iran) - sgtbutterscotch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6for science!
- BlackAle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8So going by your logic, conversely being straight is also a choice, and therefore there can't be any straights in Iran either.
- nhavar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6He said "In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country". I think he was talking about that Leave Britney Alone guy. Clearly they don't have flaming queens in Iran, dressing flamboyantly, and making sad little youtube videos. Their homosexuals are much different.
- BESTenemy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5... or in other Middle Eastern countries we consider allies.
- tdogg241, on 10/10/2007, -7/+12Transsexual != Gay
- phxkross, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Amen brother!
- meno911, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Why is Iran an enemy again? Is it because George Shrub is telling you that? Is it because of the cultural differences which you don't agree with? I suspect it's that oil control thingy. The news never (extremely rarely) speaks of the Iranian president until last week. Now all of a sudden he's ***** #1. I call *****!
- sethisastud, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Vagina scares me.
- meggani, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yes. It has been said already. In less offensive terms, even.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Really? Sounds to me like the "phenomenon" he referred to was homosexuality.
- vapblack, on 10/10/2007, -8/+12Tranny != Gay
- viserov, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Thanks, Dr. Phil
- jasoninoakland, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Thank.you. Had to wade through a dozen idiotic comments before yours came along.
- rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Way to kill a joke.
- pmuaddib, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I deal with a lot of people from other countries. He is not trying to say there are no homosexuals in Iran. If there were no homosexuals, there would be no laws against it there, He (through an interpreter) is merely noting the difference in openness and acceptance homosexuals enjoy in America in comparison to Iran.
- Fallout911, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9WTF is going on in Thailand?!
HAS to be something in the water. - yaksha2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Iran's support for the medicalization or transformation of transgendered people continues a definitive gender binary, rather than supporting gender difference. This is actually intolerance of the individual's experience, even though some people may benefit from this interesting decision by Islamic officials. Also, this type of support discourages the existence of homosexualities by offering oppressive "alternatives".
/sigh - jrossofskb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Did the Iranian president say anything else worthy of mention besides this!? It's been almost three days since his speech at Columbia University and this seems to be only thing that people want to talk about. Enough already!!!
- thedavidmartin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Open your mind and research the subject for say, 10 minutes and it will make much more sense. Have a nice day.
- sethisastud, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm gay, and I love my penis! I just don't like sticking it in holes other than mouths.
- MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5WTF? Take your schizo meds dude.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Because its full of trannies...?
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5good one +1 for you
- SteelChicken, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7I saw 300 and the Persian leader was an obvious sex change guy with the Goauld voice addition mod.
PROOF - returnofthemac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3homophobia is gay.
- zengonzo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I'm getting a bit sick of the 'I see what you did there'.
- rnwen2750, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4God, I wish I could digg you down after digging you up. Note to self: read past the first sentence when digging.
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