Nepal throws open Mt Everest for gay weddings

Kathmandu: As Nepal's embattled government makes a statement on climate change by holding a cabinet meeting on December 4, 2009, in the lap of Mt Everest, a Nepali innovator is offering an even bigger sensation: holding gay weddings further up the snowy slopes.

Nepal's first and only openly gay member of parliament Sunil Babu Pant has started the republic's first travel agency by, for and of the gay community that is asking homosexual, lesbian and transgender couples worldwide to come and get married in Nepal as well as enjoy their honeymoon in the midst of adventure sports, breathtaking sceneries and the country's colourful gay community.

Text: IANS

Images: AFP

Image: The Mount Everest seen from the Kalapattar Plateau some 140kms (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu. Nepalese ministers held what they said was the world's highest ever cabinet meeting at 5,262 metres (17,192 feet) to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas.