Well, in Iran and South Asia, gender correction is supported due to homophobia (if I am sexually attracted to a man, maybe I should become a woman instead).
Hijras/Transgender are still relegated to an inferior status and it is still treated as a "mental illness" in Iran legally speaking.
But, then again, if you are a closeted gay man in a very traditionalist household in a conservative town and from a lower class background, you could either remain closeted your whole life, openly come out and get lynched, or choose to transition and then "only" get shunned and stigmatized.