For
Nepali queer
people,
discrimination
persists even
after death :
The 21st Nepal
Pride Parade
and Gaijatra
Celebration
2024 honoured
LGBTQIA+
members who
passed away
this year,
by Aarati Ray
(kp
23/08/2024)
Palpa
local
government
recognizes
same-sex
marriage
(kh
21/08/2024)
IN
PICS: LGBTI community
celebrates
21st Nepal
Pride Parade
in Kathmandu
(kh
20/08/2024)
Ageing
in the
shadows:
Nepal’s
LGBTQIA+
seniors face a
silent crisis
: Despite
progress in
queer rights,
many elderly
of the
community
continue to
face severe
discrimination
and neglect,
highlighting
the need for
friendly
housing
solutions,
by Aarati Ray
(kp
03/08/2024)
Supreme
Court allows
transgender
individuals to
identify as
male or female
(kh
30/07/2024)
Trans
community’s
relentless
struggle for
legal
recognition :
Court
victories
offer little
relief as
bureaucratic
hurdles
persist for
transgender
individuals
seeking
citizenship
under their
chosen
identities in
Nepal, by
Aarati Ray (kp
15/07/2024)
Pride
Month:
Empowering
Diversity And
Rights, by
Jhabindra
Bhandari (rn
28/06/2024)
Nepali
queer couples
in live-in
relationships
battle social
stigma : They
are often
compelled to
hide their
relationship
and lie to
their
homeowners and
neighbours
that they are
either
siblings or
friends. Of
late, things
have changed
for the
better,
however,
by Manushree
Mahat (kp
15/06/2024)
Nepal's
LGBTQ+ Landscape: Legal Wins and Social Battles,
by Aastha Pokhrel (rep 12/06/2024)
Sexual
and gender minorities organize Nepal Pride
Parade in Kathmandu (In Pictures) (rep
08/06/2024)
Lack
of gender affirmation healthcare results in raft
of problems for trans people : Gender
affirmation surgery not available in Nepal.
Post-op problems are common but treatment hard
to come, by Manushree Mahat (kp 21/04/2024)
Family
rejection, social criticism, poverty— this
lesbian couple has survived them all : Pabitra
Badi Nepali, 51, and Bimala BK, 50, from
Tulsipur, Dang, have been together for 27 years,
by Aarati Ray (kp 20/04/2024)
Rainbow
tourism int'l conference kicks off (rep
20/04/2024)
Analysis
Of Media Coverage On LGBTIQ Issues, by Umesh
Pokharel (rn 12/04/2024), Nepal
sets sight on multi-billion dollar LGBTIQ
tourism market : A report shows the global
annual spending power of LGBTIQ consumers is
$4.7 trillion, by Sangam Prasain (kp
21/04/2024)
Call
for increased awareness of intersex rights in
Kathmandu (kh 25/03/2024)
Ambassador
and promoters announced for the Pink Tourism
International Conference (kp 16/03/2024)
Same
sex marriage gets legal recognition (kh
13/02/2024), Legalization
of same sex marriage paves way for inclusion and
equality, by Arjun Oli (rep 13/02/2024), LGBTIQA+
community: A continuing struggle for social
acceptance, by Mitali Bharadwaj (ae
14/02/2024), Navigating
Tradition and Progress: Same-Sex Marriage
Recognition in Nepal, by Mona Sharma and
Dikshya Aryal (rep 14/02/2024)
Paradigm
Shift In Gender Stereotyte, by Sumit Kumar
Pathak (rn 09/02/2024)
First
Rainbow Tourism International Conference 2024,
registration officially opens (kh
09/02/2024), Nepal
to host first Rainbow Tourism Conference in
April (rep 11/02/2024)
Ensuring
Rights Of Gender Minorities, by Namrata
Sharma (rn 20/12/2023)
Rupandehi
local unit fights gender bias through cash
incentive for birth of girl child : Kotahimai
Rural Municipality launched the programme last
fiscal year by fostering equality between sons
and daughters in local communities, by Sanju
Paudel (kp 19/12/2023)
Nepal
to host conference to help LGBTIQ+ visitors
travel with pride : Research estimates that the
global annual spending power of the queer
consumer segment is $4.7 trillion, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/12/2023), Painting
Nepal pink : As a queer-friendly society, Nepal,
with better investment, stands to attract global
LGBTIQ+ tourists (kp 15/12/2023)
Fourth
annual pride parade celebrated at Kathmandu,
by Rajib Khatri (kp 10/12/2023)
Championing
change : Fighting for LGBTQI+ issues and
indigenous people’s rights for nearly 10 years,
Rukshana Kapali was listed as one of this year’s
most inspiring women in the world by BBC, by
Ayse Turcan (kp 09/12/2023)
How
court laid the ground for same-sex marriage in
Nepal : Advocates who sought an interim order
say they want a permanent solution through a
revision to the Civil Code, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 03/12/2023)
Gender
and sexual minorities suffer abuse in foreign
employment (rep 03/12/2023
Nepal
registers first same-sex marriage (kh
30/11/2023), Nepal
becomes second country in Asia to register
same-sex marriage : Surendra Pandey and Ram
Bahadur Gurung, who goes by the name Maya,
register their marriage at the ward 2 office of
Dordi Rural Municipality, by Aash Gurung (kp
30/11/2023), Another
milestone : There’s much to celebrate about
Nepal becoming the first South Asian country to
register queer marriage (kp 01/12/2023), Historic
same-sex marriage registration brings milestone
for LGBTQ+ rights in Nepal, by Enika Rai
(rep 01/12/2023)
Powerful
Pen On Gender Issues, by P Kharel (rn
06/11/2023)
Patan
High Court refuses to register same sex
marriage, by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
06/10/2023)
Girls’
ratio to boys markedly low in big cities and
districts bordering India : Widening gap between
their numbers could create gender imbalance in
long run, by Arjun Poudel (kp 24/08/2023)
Same
sex couple struggling to register their marriage
(ht 01/08/2023)
Queer
Rights in Nepal, by Durga Prasad Khanal (rep
19/07/2023)
Schools
and LGBTQI+ children : The heteronormative
school culture disregards the rights and
well-being of children, by Saroj KC and
Ayush Joshi (kp 03/07/2023)
Top
court orders registration of same sex marriages
: Government ordered to form a temporary
mechanism to register such marriages pending
final verdict, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/06/2023), SC
issues interim order to govt to facilitate
temporary registration of same-sex marriages
(rep 29/06/2023), Rainbow
weddings : Supreme Court’s landmark decision on
same-sex marriage sets the tone for a more
inclusive Nepal (kp 30/06/2023), Ensuring
The Rights Of Gender Minorities, by
Samip Ghimire and Yauaraj Gautam (rn
30/06/2023)
People
from LGBTIQ+ community facing violence (ht
16/06/2023)
‘Everyone
is welcome’: Kathmandu marks pride parade : On
Saturday, a large group of Valley residents
celebrated the event with a rally, song and
dance performances and poetry recitals, aiming
to bring visibility to queer issues, by Urza
Acharya (kp 11/06/2023)
Mitini
Nepal continues to help gender minorities shine
on, by Anjali Subedi (nlt 19/05/2023)
Mitini
Nepal marks International Day against
Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOTB)
2023 (ae 17/05/2023)
Rainbow
over Nepal : We have become a society more
accommodating of differences than could be
imagined earlier, by Deepak Thapa (kp
04/05/2023)
Nepal’s
queer community watching India with
interest : Supreme Court of Nepal in
2007 ordered the government to recognise
same-sex marriages, but there’s no law
yet, by Anup Ojha (kp 19/04/2023)
Sex-selective
abortions rampant, resulting in decreasing
number of baby girls (kh 13/04/2023)
Binary
compulsion: A dangerous gender myth, by
Sunil Babu Pant (ae 23/03/2023)
Nepal
has mixed record on LGBT rights: Report (ht
22/01/2023)
Don’t
remove LGBTIQ+ persons from the PR closed list:
SC (kh 14/11/2022), Court
orders Election Commission not to remove names
of LGBTIQ+ from the PR list (nlt 15/11/2022)
LGBTIQA+
community in Nepal: Upset over electoral
underrepresentation, by Cilla Khatry
(ae 29/09/2022)
Violence
against LGBTQI+ people continues : Safety of
sexual minorities in question after two members
of the queer community were beaten up on
suspicions of stealing babies in Siraha on
Saturday, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp
15/09/2022)
Gender
equality: Heading towards right direction,
by Samrat Dhungana (ht 01/09/2022)
‘Nepal
has strong laws for LGBTQI+ groups but there’s
gap in implementation’, interview with
Jessica Stern (kp 14/08/2022)
Pride
Month: What does it mean to be an ally? While
queer supporters are on the rise, there are
still things they need to consider and learn to
be a better ally, by Pinki Sris Rana and
Shranup Tandukar (kp 11/06/2022)
Tribhuvan
University system doesn’t recognise transgender
student : For trans individuals, it’s a constant
fight in every step with systemic barriers
almost on all fronts, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
09/06/2022)
Queer
celebrations essential for anti-homophobic
society : Nepal addressed the rights of the
LGBTIQA+ community in its constitution, in
Articles 12, 18, 42. That was a hopeful start.
Disappointingly, there has been no reflection of
that in our nation’s plans and policies, by
Cilla Khatry (ae 19/05/2022)
Nepal
marks International Day against Homophobia,
Transphobia and Biphobia : Queer individuals
across seven provinces came together in
Kathmandu to celebrate the day (kp
18/05/2022)
Transgender
people’s qualms continue as Nepal votes in local
polls tomorrow : While the Election Commission
has taken some steps to try and create a safe
voting environment for transgender people,
activists say that there is still a lack of
nuanced understanding of transgender issues,
by Shranup Tandukar (kp 12/05/2022)
Nepali
transgender rights activist Bhumika Shrestha
wins Int'l Women of Courage Award (ht
10/03/2022)
Medical
curriculum has outdated information on queer
people : Queer medical students say they are
appalled by some of the terms in their textbooks
that have a regressive take, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 26/01/2022)
Gender
bias forcing women into sex-selective abortions
: Sex-selective abortions are illegal in Nepal
but are still widely practised for preference of
sons over daughters, rights activists say,
by Rupa Gahatraj and Aakash Chaudhary (kp
13/01/2022)
Purbanchal
University comes under fire for denying
registration and admit card to a student
identifying as a transwoman : The incident
sparks conversation on the exclusionary way
Nepal’s education institutions treat transgender
students, by Prasun Sangroula (nlt
09/01/2022)
Discussion
on LGBTQ: Start from the grassroots level,
by Sugam Gautam (ht 08/12/2021)
Nepal
has yet to legalize same sex marriage, leaving
couples disoriented : Queer rights activists
have been fighting for legalization of same sex
marriage for the past 14 years but there is
still no sign of response from the state, by
Anushka Nepal (nlt 26/11/2021)
Main
census questionnaire does not recognise queer
people : The gender category ‘others’ in Form 1
of the census has been removed in Form 2 of the
census, much to the dismay of activists, by
Aakriti Ghimire (kp 16/11/2021)
For
queer people with disabilities, the path to
acceptance is more arduous : They face more
prejudices in the forms of queerphobia and
ableism, activists say, by Ankit Khadgi (kp
03/09/2021)
Crossdressing
traditions are not a yardstick of trans
friendliness : Men dressing up as ‘women’ is
good for festivals; it doesn’t mean society is
trans-friendly, by Rukshana Kapali (kp
27/06/2021)
The
inclusivity problem with Nepal’s census : The
Central Bureau of Statistics’ upcoming census
decision to count all the queer population under
the category of ‘others’ is highly problematic,
say activists, by Ankit Khadgi (kp
18/05/2021)
‘Son
preference manifestation of gender inequality’
(ht 14/03/2021)
New
gender equality policy to end discrimination
(ht 11/03/2021)
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‘Implement
recommendation on LGBTI’ (ht 20/12/2020), People
from LGBT community suffering from stress
(ht 23/12/2020)
Three
held on charge of harassing transgender Nikisha
Shrestha, by Krishna Kisi (rep 20/11/2020)
A
group of activists strives to end forced
imposition of the third gender labelTired of
forceful enforcement of the ‘third gender’
identity by both society and the state, young
transgender activists have formed Trans Rights
Collective to advocate for equal and inclusive
rights for Nepal’s transgender population,
by Ankit Khadgi (kp 22/10/2020)
Govt
urged to protect rights, interests of LGBTI
people (ht 02/07/2020)
Socially
isolated and in financial despair, LGBTIQ
individuals are taking their own lives: The
lockdown has taken away livelihoods and forced
queer individuals back in with prejudiced
families, leading to social isolation and
failing mental health, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 27/06/2020)
Nepal
might have made progress when it comes to queer
rights but it still has a long way to go:
Although the constitution enshrines equal rights
regardless of gender, sexual identity or
orientation, same-sex marriage is still not
legal, by Ankit Khadgi (kp 17/05/2020)
For
an already vulnerable queer community, the
lockdown could make things worse: LGBTIQ
individuals often rely on external support
structures to maintain their physical, mental
and emotional health, but the prolonged
nationwide lockdown has closed them all down,
by Monica Khanal (kp 10/05/2020)
The
case for achieving gender parity: Formal
structures like laws and policies play a
decisive role in eliminating gender inequality,
by Geeta Bhattrai Bastakoti (kp 10/03/2020)
With
wider visibility and legal sanctions, parents of
queer individuals are coming around: Accepting
that their child is LGBTIQ can be difficult for
parents who grew up in a more conservative time,
but things are slowly changing, by Monica
Khanal (kp 08/03/2020)
Gender
Landscape In Nepali Media, by Kundan Aryal
(rn 06/03/2020)
CBS
will use census method to collect details of
sexual and gender minorities, by Shree Ram
Subedi (rep 15/02/2020)
‘Herstory’
repeats itself: The misogynic politics of all
political parties mustered to make women the
political underdogs of Nepal, by Chandra
Bhadra (kp 13/02/2020)
Think
of their mental health: Evidence shows that even
within the LGBTI community, Lesbian, Bisexual
Women, and Trans-men (LBT) suffer profound
adversities which have triggered alarming
increase in mental health issue, by Ayush
Joshi (rep 06/02/2020)
For
most transgender women, sex work remains the
only way to make a living: Faced with
discriminatory hiring practices, most
transgender individuals are unable to get jobs
and resort to sex work, which comes with its own
hazards, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 24/01/2020)
Murder
of transwoman shows that things remain perilous
for the LGBTIQ community: Ajita Bhujel’s murder
in Hetauda has the trans community concerned for
their safety and security, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 20/01/2020)
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