Iranian "diagnosed transsexuals"

This is pretty amazing. In Iran, where homosexuality is forbidden, many young men who find themselves attracted to other men undergo sex change operations, and the rates of the operation are higher than anywhere else in the world except for in Thailand. A new film, Be Like Others, explores the experiences of some of these young people.

Tony Kushner documentary airing on PBS Wednesday

Hey (American) folks with TVs, there's a new documentary about the astonishingly wonderful playwright Tony Kushner, Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner, that is airing tonight on PBS. He talked on NPR's Talk of the Nation about it today.

It's times like these I wonder if it wouldn't be worth it to foot the cable bill. And then there are the rest of the days of the month . . . :)