Nepal Detains 70 Gay, Trans Activists

[Shana A]

Nepal Detains 70 Gay, Trans Activists
By Advocate.com Editors

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/14/Nepal_Detains_of_70_Gay_Trans_Activists/

More than 70 gay rights activists rallying for changes to government identification papers for transgender people have been detained by police in Kathmandu, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Nepali men and women are campaigning for citizenship certificates with their gender marked as "third sex" instead of male or female, according to the report.