Nepal scraps discriminatory laws

[Camy]

Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to scrap laws that discriminate against homosexuals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7156577.stm

[Adam Donaldson Powell]

A step in the "right" direction to be sure,

but "gayness" in Nepal is a complicated

phenomenon, ranging from indifference

to acceptance/non-acceptance to

invisibility -- all depending on who

you are, economics and how

subtle you are.