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Iran's Sex Change Solution

For Our World Ali Hamedani has been to Turkey to meet LGBT exiles who've fled Iran in fear of being forced to change sex.

In Iran, the Government denies the existence of homosexuality. Being Gay there can be punishable by death. But the State does offer a solution - a sex change operation paid for by the Government. The pressure on Gay Iranians to agree to a sex change as a 'cure' for their homosexuality can be overwhelming. For Our World Ali Hamedani has been to Turkey to meet LGBT exiles who've fled Iran in fear of being forced to change sex.

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Fri 14 Nov 201403:30GMT
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