Kyle Knight: Patient Courage: A Leader for LGBTI Students in Nepal
Standing in the courtyard at RR Campus in Kathmandu, Roshan Mahato looks relaxed and proud. This, just seven years ago, was the spot where he was teased and harassed so badly by his peers that he transferred to another college. Today he is the president of Nepal's LGBTI Student Forum.
'Subtle role modelling' brings goodwill out in force
TRACY SMART was working in Britain in 1992 when the news came through the Australian Defence Force had lifted its ban on gay people serving in the military. ''They've revoked Rule No. 1: No Pooftas!'' she announced to her startled colleagues, she recalled, who could not believe Australia had done something so progressive.