[lbo-talk] Re: Maoist cleanup drive hits Nepal gays

Brian Charles Dauth magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Sat Jan 6 15:34:59 PST 2007



> Blue Diamond Society, Nepal's only NGO fighting for gay rights
met a Maoist leader, Dev Gurung, to try explain the rights of gays,

lesbians and transgenders to him. The rebel leader reportedly said that

homosexuality was a byproduct of capitalism. "Under Soviet rule and when China was still very much a communist state, there were no homosexuals in the Soviet Union or China," Gurung reportedly said. "Now they are moving towards capitalism, homosexuals may have arisen there as well. So homosexuality is a product of capitalism. " Under socialism this kind of problem doesn't exist."

Some thinking just never dies does it? Next thing you know "Subways Are For Sleeping" will be revived on Broadway.


> At the Women Human Rights Defenders' third national consultation,
Amrita Thapa, general secretary of Maoists' women's association, said homosexuals were "unnatural" and were "polluting society". (IANS)

Here is Blue Diamond's website:

http://www.bds.org.np/index.php

Brian



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