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Nepal’s Maya Gurung (R) and Surendra Panday wear traditional attire as they take part in a gay Pride parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, in August. On Wednesday, their marriage became the first officially ...

Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha “We are going to fight until the very end!” said Surendra ...

Maya Gurung (R) and Surendra Pandey held a Hindu marriage ceremony in 2017, and live together with their dog and cat - Copyright AFP/File Karim SAHIB Maya Gurung (R ...

The Nepal Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling requiring the government to register same-sex relationships follows an arduous struggle to achieve marriage equality in the South Asian nation. This historic ...

Members of Nepal'sLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, Nepal's same-sex couple Maya Gurung (R) and Surendra Panday (L) wearing traditional attire ...

Choosing a wedding date in Nepal—the small mountainous country nestled in between China and India—has always been a big deal. Across the world, to the annoyance of couples everywhere, “What’s the date ...

Lamjung’s Dordi Rural Municipality on Wednesday became the first local government to register and recognise same-sex marriages in Nepal. Authorities of Ward-2 od Dordi Rural Municipality registered ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --Nepal on Wednesday became the first South Asian nation to officially recognize the legality of same-sex marriage when a 1997 marriage between a transgender woman and a gay man was ...

The marriage between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung, who was born male but identifies as female, and Surendra Pandey, 26, who was born and identifies as male, was formally registered at the ...