Nepal gets first gay politician

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 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), told AFP.

"He will be the first person to represent Nepal's gay community."

 Nepal gets first gay politician
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