Talk:Gender identity disorder

Iran

Source states:

• The state health organisation may also subsidise his operations.

Edit to mainspace says,

• in Iran Gender Identity Disorder is recognized and sex reassignment therapy, and surgery is compulsory, and paid for by the state

Now, the question is between the meaning of the weasel term "may" in the source document, which is a weak source to begin with, being only a news item and not a fatwa or official government ruling or document, and the editors declaritive statement here, "and is paid for by", which presumably is some sort of support for a planned economy or socialized medicine. The credibility of the contributor is at stake here. While this is a very interesting and "enlightening" contribution, I would respectfully request an explanation as to why this distortion from the source being cited? Rob Smith 14:41, 15 August 2007 (EDT)

First to address that this isn't a "fatwa": http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/000901.html Iran: Islamic Fatwa Condones Changing Sex. If that source isn't good enough there are plenty more to be found with a Google search for "fatwa transsexual".

Next, I can see your point, and will alter the point that it's still up for debate on if their state health organization may subsidize it. While this could be seen as a support for socialized medicine, the difference is that Iran has a socialized medicine system. Regardless of its effectiveness or ineffectiveness, Iran's socialized medicine still may subsidize sex reassignment surgery. --Puellanivis 15:53, 15 August 2007 (EDT)

First of all, we shouldn't be debating on talk pages; secondly, all of this is more about sex change operations than the identity disorder. I deleted the article and suggest you add or propose adding some information to sexual reassignment surgery or somewhere similar.

And please choose scientific sources, rather than popular news articles or "Aphrodite" web sites. --Ed Poor ^Talk 16:21, 15 August 2007 (EDT)