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Title: Nepal's first transgender politician out to challenge roles
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2010, 07:56:30 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2010, 07:56:30 AM
Nepal's first transgender politician out to challenge roles (Feature)
By Pratibha Tuladhar Aug 11, 2010, 3:27 GMT
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/features/article_1576822.php/Nepal-s-first-transgender-politician-out-to-challenge-roles-Feature (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/features/article_1576822.php/Nepal-s-first-transgender-politician-out-to-challenge-roles-Feature)
Kathmandu - 'A politician is not what I dreamt of becoming as a child,' says Bhumika, as she bats her eyelids coquettishly and smiles to reveal a perfect set of teeth.
Bhumika Shrestha, 23, became the first transgender person to be elected to the General Convention of the Nepali Congress Party, beating more than 50 other candidates, many of whom had been in politics much longer than she had.
By Pratibha Tuladhar Aug 11, 2010, 3:27 GMT
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/features/article_1576822.php/Nepal-s-first-transgender-politician-out-to-challenge-roles-Feature (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/features/article_1576822.php/Nepal-s-first-transgender-politician-out-to-challenge-roles-Feature)
Kathmandu - 'A politician is not what I dreamt of becoming as a child,' says Bhumika, as she bats her eyelids coquettishly and smiles to reveal a perfect set of teeth.
Bhumika Shrestha, 23, became the first transgender person to be elected to the General Convention of the Nepali Congress Party, beating more than 50 other candidates, many of whom had been in politics much longer than she had.