Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols: Nepal's Sunil Pant Keeps His Country at the Forefront of LGBT Rights

Huffington Post Friday 20th April, 2012

There is not one single gay bar in Nepal. Yet this small country, which ranks near the bottom of the Human Development Index, emerges as a world leader in progressive laws supporting LGBT individuals. The man behind all of this is Sunil Pant, Founder and Director of the

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