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Bandito
13th January 2011, 15:12
This year's census in Nepal includes a new category for transgender people, thanks to a recently-passed anti-discrimination law. Parliamentarian Sunil Babu Pant says the transgender community is happy because, "This shows that the government has started to recognise them."http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44563000/jpg/_44563609_nepal_woman_226afp.jpg


Read more: http://jezebel.com/5730744/nepal-adds-third-gender-to-census#ixzz1Avcc1nyj

And it's also interesting to see how bourgeois liberal media are covering the story, for example New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/20/world/asia/20pant.html).

DaringMehring
14th January 2011, 05:13
Three cheers for Nepal & especially Sunil Babu Pant!