A pitch for the pink dollar in Nepal

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Nepal’s tourism industry took a major hit during the decade of Maoist insurgency. Now Nepalese officials want to make 2011 the year of tourism. And they’re billing Nepal as a destination for gay and lesbian visitors. Habiba Nosheen has more.Download MP3

Pink Triangle survivor speaks out

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The man believed to be the last surviving person sent to a concentration camp for being a homosexual decided to speak out. He’s 97 now, and has just published a book about his experience. The World’s Genevieve Oger has more.
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Reviewing don’t ask, don’t tell

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The World’s Katy Clark reports on Pentagon’s decision to launch a year-long study on how it would lift the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gays from serving openly in the US military.

Being gay in Uganda

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A Ugandan government minister has said that a proposed law which includes the death penalty for some homosexual acts is “not necessary”. The bill submitted last October sparked international condemnation. Homosexual acts are punishable by up to 14 years in jail in Uganda. Jeb Sharp talks with Maria Burnett, Uganda researcher for Human Rights Watch, about the anti-gay bill. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Internat’l Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission