Nepal: Citizenship under 'third gender'
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=1611259/19/2008
POKHARA, Sept 19 - The local administration issued a citizenship certificate to a transgender person under a "third" gender category, Monday.
Bishnu Adhikari, 21, of Dhikurpokhari VDC ward-9 in Kaski district, was issued such an ID as per a Supreme Court verdict handed down last year, said administrative officer at the District Administration Office Taranath Adhikari, who issued the citizenship.
The Apex Court handed down its verdict on December 21 last year, thus allowing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people to obtain citizenship certificates and avail of other rights at par with other citizens of the country.
