Law Gives Good Cheer To Queers

[Natasha]

Law Gives Good Cheer To Queers

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=cr190107Law_gives.asp
01/11/2008

DECEMBER 2007 brought some glad tidings for the South Asian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. In a stunning decision, the Nepal Supreme Court declared that all discriminatory laws against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) people must be repealed by the government and provision be made for recognition of the human person as not only male or female but also as third gender in terms of citizenship rights based on government documents. The icing on the cake, as it were, was the setting up of a committee by the court to look into whether same-sex marriage would be appropriate taking into account South Asian realities.