News and Events => Political and Legal News => Topic started by: SandraJane on May 27, 2012, 11:54:44 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Nepal Allows Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender And Intersex Community To Regis
Post by: SandraJane on May 27, 2012, 11:54:44 AM
Post by: SandraJane on May 27, 2012, 11:54:44 AM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs.huffpost.com%2Fimages%2Fv%2Flogos%2Fbpage%2Fgay-voices.gif%3F23&hash=b3c5b7251b56fc0cd9786a72d1bccf6414cf5225)
Nepal Allows Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender And Intersex Community To Register As 'Others'
Posted: 05/25/2012 5:20 pm Updated: 05/25/2012 5:26 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nepal-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-others_n_1546879.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nepal-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-others_n_1546879.html)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F621711%2Fthumbs%2Fs-NEPAL-GAY-large.jpg&hash=9647dd24267492107a17b7b900773ac25d95587f)
Members of Nepal's LGBTI community in Kathmandu on Sept. 27, 2011
In what will no doubt be hailed as a historic decision, Nepal has become the third Asian country to grant separate recognition to its community of sexual minorities based on their gender identities.
The Nepalese Home Ministry is now providing citizenship under the "others" category to members of the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, Republica is reporting.
A spokesperson at the Nepalese Home Ministry confirmed the decision, which reportedly follows similar legislation in India and Bangladesh, to the publication.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fimages%2Flogo.gif&hash=12dae47b9ab1cf936b7277d3694a19689fce5174)
Nepal 3rd Asian nation to recognise sexual minorities
Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times, Kathmandu, May 24, 2012
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Nepal/Nepal-3rd-Asian-nation-to-recognise-sexual-minorities/Article1-860479.aspx (http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Nepal/Nepal-3rd-Asian-nation-to-recognise-sexual-minorities/Article1-860479.aspx)
Nepal has become the third country in Asia after India and Bangladesh to grant separate recognition to sexual minorities based on their gender identities.
On Wednesday, the country's home ministry decided to provide citizenship certificate to LGBTIs (lesbians, gays, bisexuals,
transgender and inter sex) as 'others' and not categorize them as males or females.
"The LGBTI community will from now onwards be categorized as 'others'. We have already written to the law ministry in this regard," Republica quoted home ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala.
The direction comes five years after the country's Supreme Court asked the government to frame equal laws for LGBTIs and at a time when Nepal is within months of getting a new constitution.
Sexual minorities who faced harassment, problems in getting work or difficulties in even opening a bank account due to their refusal to identity as males or females are ecstatic at the development.
Nepal Allows Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender And Intersex Community To Register As 'Others'
Posted: 05/25/2012 5:20 pm Updated: 05/25/2012 5:26 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nepal-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-others_n_1546879.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/nepal-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-intersex-others_n_1546879.html)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F621711%2Fthumbs%2Fs-NEPAL-GAY-large.jpg&hash=9647dd24267492107a17b7b900773ac25d95587f)
Members of Nepal's LGBTI community in Kathmandu on Sept. 27, 2011
In what will no doubt be hailed as a historic decision, Nepal has become the third Asian country to grant separate recognition to its community of sexual minorities based on their gender identities.
The Nepalese Home Ministry is now providing citizenship under the "others" category to members of the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, Republica is reporting.
A spokesperson at the Nepalese Home Ministry confirmed the decision, which reportedly follows similar legislation in India and Bangladesh, to the publication.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fimages%2Flogo.gif&hash=12dae47b9ab1cf936b7277d3694a19689fce5174)
Nepal 3rd Asian nation to recognise sexual minorities
Utpal Parashar, Hindustan Times, Kathmandu, May 24, 2012
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Nepal/Nepal-3rd-Asian-nation-to-recognise-sexual-minorities/Article1-860479.aspx (http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Nepal/Nepal-3rd-Asian-nation-to-recognise-sexual-minorities/Article1-860479.aspx)
Nepal has become the third country in Asia after India and Bangladesh to grant separate recognition to sexual minorities based on their gender identities.
On Wednesday, the country's home ministry decided to provide citizenship certificate to LGBTIs (lesbians, gays, bisexuals,
transgender and inter sex) as 'others' and not categorize them as males or females.
"The LGBTI community will from now onwards be categorized as 'others'. We have already written to the law ministry in this regard," Republica quoted home ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala.
The direction comes five years after the country's Supreme Court asked the government to frame equal laws for LGBTIs and at a time when Nepal is within months of getting a new constitution.
Sexual minorities who faced harassment, problems in getting work or difficulties in even opening a bank account due to their refusal to identity as males or females are ecstatic at the development.