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

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.

I await Mr. Overdorf's update midway thru Cultural Revolution II. Or Long March such and such.

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.

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

Nice to see though that more are understanding that Nazism and Marxism are the two sides of the same coin.

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.