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Title: Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights
Post by: Felix on November 13, 2011, 09:24:40 PM
Post by: Felix on November 13, 2011, 09:24:40 PM
Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights For LGBT People
Jason Overdorf
Huffington Post via Globalpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/nepal-asia-pioneer-lgbt-rights_n_1084188.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/nepal-asia-pioneer-lgbt-rights_n_1084188.html)
KATHMANDU, Nepal — In the quiet courtyard of Dechenling Garden, a Bhutanese restaurant on the fringes of the capital's bustling backpacker ghetto, Nepal's first openly gay member of parliament sips on a lime soda during a short break in his busy political schedule.
His name is Sunil Babu Pant. A young, maverick politician with dark, wavy hair and a close-trimmed goatee, Pant has already emerged as a leader reminiscent of Harvey Milk in his San Francisco heyday, pushing tiny, conservative Nepal into the forefront of the battle for gay rights.
"Nepal is going through tremendous transformation — politically, socially, economically, legally — so a lot of communities who had no space or voice before have emerged," Pant told GlobalPost.
Jason Overdorf
Huffington Post via Globalpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/nepal-asia-pioneer-lgbt-rights_n_1084188.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/nepal-asia-pioneer-lgbt-rights_n_1084188.html)
KATHMANDU, Nepal — In the quiet courtyard of Dechenling Garden, a Bhutanese restaurant on the fringes of the capital's bustling backpacker ghetto, Nepal's first openly gay member of parliament sips on a lime soda during a short break in his busy political schedule.
His name is Sunil Babu Pant. A young, maverick politician with dark, wavy hair and a close-trimmed goatee, Pant has already emerged as a leader reminiscent of Harvey Milk in his San Francisco heyday, pushing tiny, conservative Nepal into the forefront of the battle for gay rights.
"Nepal is going through tremendous transformation — politically, socially, economically, legally — so a lot of communities who had no space or voice before have emerged," Pant told GlobalPost.
Title: Re: Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights
Post by: Michelle. on November 13, 2011, 11:06:28 PM
Post by: Michelle. on November 13, 2011, 11:06:28 PM
I await Mr. Overdorf's update midway thru Cultural Revolution II. Or Long March such and such.
Title: Re: Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 14, 2011, 12:05:59 AM
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 14, 2011, 12:05:59 AM
Soon coming: ultra-right religious conservatives worldwide call anyone who asks for LGBT equality a Maoist conspirator. HOORAY! At least they'll change their tune from calling us Nazis and Soviets for a minute.
Title: Re: Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights
Post by: Michelle. on November 15, 2011, 12:45:23 AM
Post by: Michelle. on November 15, 2011, 12:45:23 AM
Sailor, shame on you and your friends.
http://www.google.com/search?q=gay+conservative+beaten&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari (http://www.google.com/search?q=gay+conservative+beaten&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari)
Nice to see though that more are understanding that Nazism and Marxism are the two sides of the same coin.
http://www.google.com/search?q=gay+conservative+beaten&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari (http://www.google.com/search?q=gay+conservative+beaten&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari)
Nice to see though that more are understanding that Nazism and Marxism are the two sides of the same coin.
Title: Re: Nepal, Thanks To Maoist Rebels, Is Emerging As Asia's Pioneer Regarding Rights
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 16, 2011, 12:55:21 AM
Post by: Sailor_Saturn on November 16, 2011, 12:55:21 AM
Michelle, I don't know what you're talking about. I said in my comment that ultra-right conservatives often accuse anyone who supports LGBT equality of being militant Leftists or Nazis. I never said that I am a militant Leftist or Nazi, nor did I say that I support them. Why then are militant Leftists such as those in the story you linked suddenly my friends? The "us" I was referring to was supporters of LGBT equality, not Maoists. I believe you've misread that.