New York Times Features Grantee Partner Sunil Pant, Elected to Nepal’’s Parliament

Published on Sep 19, 2008

As the only openly gay member, Sunil Babu Pant likes to take advantage of the frequent delays at Nepal’s newly elected Constituent Assembly.

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Nepal- Kathmandu

Sunil Babu Pant likes to take advantage of the frequent delays at Nepal’s newly elected Constituent Assembly. As the only openly gay member, he takes every opportunity to work on his homophobic colleagues, trying to convince them that contrary to what they were taught growing up in this very conservative country, homosexuals are just like any other people.

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