How a Gay Nepali Activist Is Leadg the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

Contents:

• HOW A GAY NEPALI ACTIVIST IS LEADG THE FIGHT FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
• NEPAL GAY PARA TO ENSHRE LGBT RIGHTS NSTUTN
• NEPAL LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

HOW A GAY NEPALI ACTIVIST IS LEADG THE FIGHT FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

The ernment’s burecracy remas sclerotic, and ernment officials have ntued recent years to harass LGBT groups, cludg by allegg that anizg around homosexualy is illegal the untry. The ernment replied that homosexualy was not a crimal issue, and the se was dismissed.

This is perhaps most promently reflected the rise of Sunil Babu Pant, who 2008 beme Asia’s first openly gay feral-level elected official. Utilizg the lol vernacular—for example, by -optg a tradnal Nepali ftival as their “pri” celebratn whout renamg as “gay”—they ftly negotiated legal regnn of a third genr durg a perd when discsns of mory inty tegori—mostly ste and ethnic—lored mastream polil disurse.

NEPAL GAY PARA TO ENSHRE LGBT RIGHTS NSTUTN

In 2007, followg a Supreme Court lg, the nstutn regnised LGBT rights as fundamental human rights, ensured protectn for genr and sexual mori, and legalised homosexualy. At ernment offic, we have to put up wh homophobic and transphobic slurs.

And as per a 2012 directive by the Home Mistry, the ‘other’ tegory enpass those who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex, regardls of the fact that genr inty and sexual orientatn are two different thgs.

NEPAL LBIAN AND GAY RIGHTS NEWS MONORG

This year, on the ocsn of May 17, the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (Queerphobia), rights activist Kapali, along wh members of Queer Youth Group, a work of youth activists, will be publishg a mand sheet regardg the legal regnn of genr inty and askg for an elimatn of all discrimatory provisns. (LGBTIQ stands for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and qutng/queer. Public OpnRecent surveys Nepal have revealed a mixed rponse towards LGBTQ+ rights and SurveysSelf-Reported Discrimatn Agast Elrly LGBTQ+ People were nied treatment a healthre settg bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty faced LGBTI-related workplace discrimatn were physilly harassed or asslted by -workers for beg LGBTI experienced discrimatn and vlence om fay and muny members, iends, and ernment reprentativ did not feel physilly and emotnally safe due to cumulative, lifelong experienc of discrimatn have been evicted by a landlord or realtor bee of their sexual orientatn, genr inty, or genr exprsn experienced disrpectful treatment and uniendly verbal teractns om health and social service provirs bee of their genr inty and genr exprsnComg Out Nepal LGBT people are out to their fay LGBT people DID NOT receive negative reactns after g out LGBT people have parents who were acceptg of their relatnshipExperienc of LGBT Stunts Kathmandu Valley Dcribe their school as "safe" Dcribe their school as "tolerant" Dcribe their school as "not safe" Did not experienced vlence Faced some form of discrimatn g rtrooms Did not face discrimatn g rtroomsHistoryHomosexual activy Nepal?

Homosexual activy Nepal is legal. This law is applible to both heterosexual upl, and homosexual men. There is no age of nsent for homosexual women.

ALL PHOTOS: Suman Nepali/Nepali TimJsi Stern, the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex persons at the US Department of State is a five-day official vis to Nepal. But I never rank untri, bee 's impossible to say, where people are the saft bee the discrimatn do exist I will say, that at the regnal and global level, Nepal was ahead of many untri terms of LGBTQI rights, and you see that Nepal don't crimalise homosexualy.

While LGBT ( Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual) people around the world, have been fightg for their rights after for a long time, Nepal has taken this matter to nsiratn and has add strict anti-discrimatn laws for the LGBT muny, and has granted them equal rights.

” Born a remote Nepali village, she first realized she was gay when she was 13 but did not know what her feelgs meant. Livg a poor, culturally nservative muny, where gay, lbian, and transgenr people were entirely visible, they felt pelled to keep their relatnship hidn om their fai. The anizatn provid Apeksha and her partner wh sheltered acmodatn Kathmandu and an tert-ee loan to help them lay the foundatns for an pennt s foundatn 2001, the Blue Diamond Society has led the fight for gay rights Nepal, mpaigng for nstutnal change.

Believed to be one of the most progrsive untri Asia when to gay rights, Apeksha’s story reveals that the polil advanc to do not always filter down to lived be first Asian untry to clu non-discrimatory laws for LGBT muny — Aftab Borka (@aftabborka) September 23, 2015Beg LGBT Asia, a jot report missned by US Aid, UNDP and UNICEF, explas the plex history of LGBT rights Nepal. Recent polil advanc have helped enshre the rights of gay, lbian and third genr dividuals law — om nstutnal regnn to the creatn of a ‘third genr’ passport. ” An example of this discrepancy between polil progrs and the daily realy for LGBT people around the world, Apeksha now works full-time for the Blue Diamond Society to help break the barriers she faced growg up gay Nepal.

Image source, AFPImage ptn, The lourful rally drew about 500 peopleGay right activists have taken part a para Nepal's pal Kathmandu to prs their mands for gay rights to be enshred the nstutn. Hundreds turned up for the lourful rally - dancg the are mandg same-sex marriage be guaranteed the new nstutn, gay upl' rights to adopt, buy jot property or her om one crimalised homosexualy 2007.

It remas illegal many South Asian source, EPAImage ptn, LGBT rights activists pla of obstacl by lol officialsImage source, RtersImage ptn, Nepal crimalised homosexualy 2007"Our ma mand is that the rights of the sexual mori should be guaranteed the new nstutn, " said Pky Gung of the Blue Diamond Society, a gay rights group regnised a third genr as early as 2007 when the Supreme Court orred the ernment to scrap all laws that discrimated on the basis of sexual orientatn or genr year, issued passports wh "other" as the choice for those who do not wish to be intified as male or reprentativ of the LGBT [lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr] muny say they have difficulty obtag the has seen several protts recent weeks agast the new draft nstutn beg discsed by parliament. In the midst of earthquake renstctn and polil vlence the untry's south, Nepal's new nstutn provis a reason for many cizens to celebrate -- particularly s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) muny.

It stands as the first natnal nstutn Asia--and only the third the world along wh South Ai (1996) and Ecuador (1998)--to clu explic rights and protectns for LGBTI Jatra Gay Pri Nepal, 2015.

Photo: Blue Diamond Society From 2008 to 2012, Pant served as a Member of Parliament Nepal beg the first openly gay parliamentarian Asia. In other regnal untri such as India, Pakistan, Banglash, and Myanmar, Sectn 377 of the former Brish penal crimalized homosexual acts and is still reflected natnal legislatn and societal norms. Photo: Courty of Mi NepalKathmandu, Nepal — UN Women is supportg dialogue between the Government and LGBTIQ groups to ensure that Nepal’s LGBTIQ persons are properly unted the 2021 populatn last cens, 2011, tallied only 1, 500 persons intifyg as LGBTIQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, tersex and queer/qutng).

A participant holds a rabow flag durg the openg ceremony of the first South Asia Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Sports Ftival Kathmandu this file photo. The profile of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) people Nepal is low.