Nepal: Gay Marriage in May, Weddings on Everest?

Nepal is set to stage same-sex weddings on Mount Everest as part of a bid to promote the country as the gay tourism capital of Asia. According to a report in The Telegraph, Nepal's homosexual community will host a tourism conference next month to explore how to attract wealthy gay visitors to boost the country's war-ravaged economy. The country's new constitution will legalise gay marriage in May this year, when "Pink Mountain" will begin offering luxury honeymoon and wedding packages. The paper further says that Sunil Babu Pant, a Communist legislator and leader of the country's gay rights movement, has launched a travel company dedicated to promoting the former Hindu kingdom to gay tourists in an effort to tap the so-called "Pink Pound" and dollar. Full Story from Daily India

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