My City - How one man helped Nepal become Asia s LGBT leader nagariknetwork.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nagariknetwork.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For decades, Sunil Babu Pant has been at the forefront of the country's groundbreaking campaign for gender and sexual minority rights. But he's still looking for more.
Legal Hurdles for Transgender Recognition in Nepal miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The government of Nepal should urgently create a clear, simple, and rights-respecting procedure that would allow transgender and third gender people to obtain official documents in accordance with their gender identity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. While Nepali policy allows in principle for transgender to people to obtain documents marked “other,” implementation is piecemeal and those who want “male” or “female” as their legal gender are forced to undergo invasive and unnecessary medical interventions and examinations.