Transgender People Press for Equality in Nepal
Although a Supreme Court ruling offered transgender citizens equal rights, many say the ruling has not been well-implemented and discrimination against transgender people in Nepal is rampant. Meanwhile, Nepal's so-called "third gender" population is fighting for acceptance and full citizenship.
by Kalpana Bhusal Reporter, Wednesday - January 19, 2011
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KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Bhawana Dhakal, 26, always hated wearing men's clothes.
Growing up in a society that does not accept people of the "third gender," or transgender, she says she had no choice but to wear men's clothes.
"My family does not let me [leave] the house if I do not set off for [my] office in a boy's dress up," says Dhakal, who leaves home dressed as a man every day.