Gay Nepal: A Stggle Agast History

Contents:

• NEPAL GAY PARA TO ENSHRE LGBT RIGHTS NSTUTN
• NEPAL GAY TRAVEL
• NEPAL'S 'FIRST GAY WEDDG' CEREMONY HELD
• GAY TRAVEL NEPAL: KARL’S PHOTO TRIP TO KATHMANDU & THE HIMALAYAS
• GAY NEPAL: A STGGLE AGAST HISTORY
• GAYS WHOUT BORRS
• HOW A GAY NEPALI ACTIVIST IS LEADG THE FIGHT FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
• GAY LIFE YEMEN: ONE MAN'S STORY OF DTY AND CHOICE

NEPAL GAY PARA TO ENSHRE LGBT RIGHTS NSTUTN

Nepal has s arms open to people om the LGBTQ+ muny, and travellers should not experience any homophobia. 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.

NEPAL GAY TRAVEL

Gay travellers don’t always have easy, pecially Asia where lol culture and lol laws often prohib open homosexualy. Nepal once held the same reputatn and laws, and stori of discrimatn were not unmon, pecially amongst Maoist lears and surgents who once clared homosexualy as a “social pollutant” the past particular, Nepal has ma major efforts to improve LGBTQ rights wh the untry, and this more liberal attu has ma one of the most gay-iendly untri South ’ll notice om the moment you fill you landg rd – that ltle box marked “other” the genr sectn. Homosexualy was officially legalised Nepal 2007, endg a long history of gay people havg to fear prosecutn for their sexualy.

Overview of gay rights Nepal. Gay Activy: LegalLbian Activy: LegalSame-sex Marriage: Not currently legal – raised as topic for future discsnSame-Sex Adoptn: Not currently legal for upl, although sgle gay people n adoptRight to Change Genr: Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn: RegnisedLGBT Discrimatn: Illegal some ntextsCensorship: No censorshipMilary or public service: AllowedEmployment discrimatn: IllegalHog discrimatn: IllegalAge of Consent: Equal (16)(source: Equalx). Nepal’s first openly gay bar, PINK Tiffany, opened 2015 Blue Diamond Society also anise a separate Pri event every Augt or September, cidg wh the Gai Jatra ftival and mandg equal rights for the LGBTQ muny a lourful and peaceful march through more ral muni and olr generatns, attus have been slower to change, but travellers are unlikely to enunter hostily.

Can I be openly gay Nepal? For the most part, the hotel employee has probably assumed you ma a mistake wh your bookg and tried to rrect , rather than beg any kd of anti-gay statement. Is there a gay scene Nepal?

NEPAL'S 'FIRST GAY WEDDG' CEREMONY HELD

As prevly mentned, there are gay pri events Kathmandu, where Nepal’s fledglg gay scene is centred. Currently Nepal’s only actual gay bar, PINK Tiffany was opened by famo transgenr mol Meghna Lama 2015. It is probably fair to say that this is the centre of the Kathmandu LGBTQ muny venue-wise, and at night be one of the livelit and iendlit plac for travellers to mix wh the lol venu also attract mixed and gay-iendly crowds, and there’s a famo gay night every Friday at Fire Club Thamel, too.

You n check out a few more gay-iendly gog out optns here. Outsi Kathmandu, there is no real gay scene to speak of. Generally, the tours follow the same rout as a standard tour but enurage gay travellers travellers won’t be discrimated agast by any cent, morn travel operator nowadays so all optns are open, and you uld even create your own ctom group tour.

There’s still some way to go for gay rights Nepal, but the progrs ma the past 15 years mak one of the saft and most welg Asian statns for LGBTQ+ you have any further qutns or want some help bookg your own Nepal adventure, feel ee to get touch wh our team.

GAY TRAVEL NEPAL: KARL’S PHOTO TRIP TO KATHMANDU & THE HIMALAYAS

2017 Dear Friends, As Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT 2017) is approachg, I wish to share a small wre up based my experience durg my time wh Blue Diamond Society, (siar thoughts I shared at the recent YP10 nference  Bangkok and South Asia.

Gay Nepal: A Stggle Agast History.

At an Internatnal Lbian and Gay Associatn nference, legat gathered om more than one hundred untri to report on the ndn of LGBT life. I spoke to Sunil and listened to his nfint voice scribg the difficulti of fosterg pro-gay unrstandg.

GAY NEPAL: A STGGLE AGAST HISTORY

Image ptn, The uple said they were happy to ntribute to the mpaign for gay rights NepalA lawyer and a llege profsor - both om the US - have celebrated what they say is Nepal's first public lbian weddg nuptials were performed on Monday near the pal, marriag are not legal Nepal, but the untry is draftg laws to guarantee sexual rights. Courtney Mchell, 41, and Sarah Welton, 48, om Denver, Colorado, celebrated a Hdu Nepale tradn at the Dakshkali gay rights activists and supporters attend the ceremony - rried out by a Hdu prit - as did close iends and member of parliament Sunilbabu Pant, a gay rights told the Associated Prs news agency that was the first public weddg ceremony of a lbian uple the mostly nservative natn. The laws are still beg drafted, but polil differenc have layed their passage to Pant said while Monday's weddg did not hold any legal stat, " was a huge achievement for gay rights mpaign Nepal" Pant's Blue Diamond Society has been fightg for gay rights for several years, and recently opened a travel agency hopg to attract foreign gay upl to e to Nepal for weddgs and uple said they were happy to be married Nepal and to ntribute to the mpaign for gay rights the untry.

This is a fabulo ceremony, " Ms Welton Mchell said that was bee of progrs over the gay rights issue sce 2003 that she had cid to e to Nepal to get married. Karl’s gay travels to Kathmandu, Nepal, 2008 before the earthquake – Y, is already que a while ago sce I was backpackg India and Nepal. Jo Karl on his trip wh his “Gay Travel Nepal Kathmandu” around fascatg Nepal wh s unique archecture, relign, spectacular sights, and unbelievably iendly people, and see the heart of the Himalayas through a gay traveler’s ey.

Prayg flags at Boudhanath Stupa | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©. Cow at Tra Statn Varanasi | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©. Sleepg travelers at Tra Statn Varanasi | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©.

GAYS WHOUT BORRS

Tra trip om Varanasi to Gorakhpur | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©. B Trip om Sonli at the Indian – Nepale borr to Kathmandu | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©.

B Trip om Sonli to Kathmandu | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©. The Three Goln Buddha Statu at Amiva Park, Kathmandu | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©.

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

Gay Travels to Japan. Panorama View over the Mount Evert durg a Yeti Airl Sight-Seeg Flight | Gay Travel Nepal Photo Story Himalayas ©. Karl’s Gay Travel Nepal Kathmandu Story before the big Earthquake.

Do you want to know more about our gay travels around the world? I spoke to Sunil and listened to his nfint voice scribg the difficulti of fosterg pro-gay unrstandg Nepal.

Gay Nepal News & Reports 2000 to prent. Gay Nepal Photo Gallery.

GAY LIFE YEMEN: ONE MAN'S STORY OF DTY AND CHOICE

Note: sce this origal terview, Sunil Pant has beme the first openly gay polician to be elected Nepal after the revolutn that abolished the monarchy.

Over time, advocy and lobbyg for improved human and gay rights were persistent and termed. Away om such lofty ials, Sunil was ncerned wh high drama volvg a young lbian whose fay found out she was gay and had been beatg her.

Their activi are listed on their web se: Sce s formatn Sunil has quietly lobbied police and ary chiefs about the existence of homosexuals and advotg tolerant attus. On ocsn lol policemen have harassed gays or tried to blackmail them.

An April 2003 raid on a mixed-gay dis (see News & Reports on this se: #3) rulted the ‘Stonewall’ of Nepal when gays and transvt fought back agast beg roughed up.

Sunil told me that the police chief later exprsed regret and pledged to sensize the police force about gay people. However, a few months later another cint volved hoodlums who attacked a gay uple. So the work of Blue Diamond go on agast dntg odds, agast wispread ignorance and btaly and virtually no unrstandg about homosexualy or the social and personal issu associated wh .

This is taken om ‘Trikone Magaze’—Lbian, Gay and Bisexual South Asians. Beg gay I knew about cisg spac Nepal. Instead there was a lot of vlence agast gay men, fay prsure to get married and leadg double liv.