Sunil Babu Pant

Sunil Babu Pant
सुनीलबाबु पन्त
Member of Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
2008–2013
Personal details
Born (1971-06-28) June 28, 1971 (age 52)
Gorkha District, Nepal
Political partyCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
Alma materBelarusian State University

Sunil Babu Pant (Nepali: सुनीलबाबु पन्त; born 28 June 1971) is a Nepali human rights activist, monk, and former politician who served as a member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly between 2008 and 2013. Pant's campaigning for LGBT rights led to the Supreme Court of Nepal giving legal recognition to Nepal's third gender in addition to decriminalising homosexuality and permitting same-sex marriage. In 2021, Pant converted to Buddhism and began training as a monk, going by the name Bhikshu Kashyap.


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