As a gay man I was surprised at this too, but really it's probably because it conveniently provides a means for them to convert a man to a woman, who has much f

As a gay man I was surprised at this too, but really it's probably because it conveniently provides a means for them to convert a man to a woman, who has much fewer rights/power in their world. I wonder if they would be as friendly to the idea of FtM trans surgeries where a man who is born as a woman would "gain" rights (in their eyes). I find it so sad though, that gay men are forced to undergo reassignment in order to survive there, rather than be able to celebrate both being gay and their own masculinity - it's taking "being gay, a man who likes men" away from gay men, there.