Nepal gets first gay politician
The Times of India
KATHMANDU: Nepal will get its first openly gay politician after he was selected to represent a small communist party in the new constituent assembly, a party official said on Thursday.
"We have chosen Sunil Babu Pant as our candidate to ensure the rights of gay and other minority groups," Ganesh Shah, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United), said.
"He will be the first person to represent Nepal's gay community."
Pant is head of the Blue Diamond Society, the only gay rights group in Nepal.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal will get its first openly gay politician after he was selected to represent a small communist party in the new constituent assembly, a party official said on Thursday.
"We have chosen Sunil Babu Pant as our candidate to ensure the rights of gay and other minority groups," Ganesh Shah, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (United), said.
"He will be the first person to represent Nepal's gay community."
Pant is head of the Blue Diamond Society, the only gay rights group in Nepal.
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