A few weeks back we reported on the plight of Nepal's hapless homos. Though they worked with Maoist revolutionaries to take down the despotic government, they've since found themselves on the receiving end of so-called "social cleansing". The nation's only pro-gay rights organization, The Blue Diamond Society, has been fighting the good fight alone. Until now.

January 8th marked a turning point in their battle against oppression. Gathering at the Malla Hotel for the “Nepal’s New Constitution and the Fundamental Rights of Minorities” conference, BDS and their allies lent their ears to the honorable Justice Edwin Cameron: South Africa's first openly gay judicial leader and a key player in implementing the African nation's same-sex nups.

Speaking to allies and enemies alike, Cameron lauded the importance of an inclusive, even-minded constitution: the key to implementing more national harmony. UK Gay News reports:

Justice Cameron came to the conference with a bundle of encouragement and optimism, insisting on the immutability of human and sexual diversity, and entreating his listeners to see that diversity as celebratory.

He contended that the admittance of gays and lesbians is the ultimate measure of a society’s capacity to view humanity in its fullness and of its commitment to equality, justice, secularism, and humane co-existence.

...A constitution, he argued, should surpass any sectarian or majoritarian interest, embrace difference in its conception of equality, and guarantee every individual the freedom, protection and resources to develop in his/her own unique manner.

Of course, Aryal's but one man in a country where the Maoists have pledged to eradicate all "social pollutants", including the gays. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala simply pretends the problems don't exist. Sounds like the kids have their work cut out for them.

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