US EditionLGBTQ couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to receive official same-sex marriage status
- Nepal has registered its first same-sex marriage, making it one of the first Asian countries to do so.
- The newly married couple, Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey, had previously wed in 2016 but had no legal certificate for their marriage.
- The registration of their marriage is seen as a historic achievement for LGBTQ+ rights in Nepal.
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Celebrations as Nepal registers first LGBTQ marriage
An LGBTQ couple has acquired a marriage certificate in Nepal, officials said Thursday, a first in South Asia and hailed by the pair as a win “for all”. Transgender woman Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey obtained a marriage certificate from a local ward in Nepal’s Lamjung district on Wednesday. “We are very happy and proud. This has finally happened,” Gurung told AFP. The couple held a Hindu marriage ceremony in 2017, and live together with their …
LGBTQ+ couple in Nepal are first in south Asia to be legally married
Rights activists say marriage of Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey is ‘historic day’An LGBTQ couple in Nepal said they wanted to “scream to the world that we are husband and wife at last” after becoming the first in south Asia to have their marriage legally recognised.Maya Gurung, 38, a transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey, 27, were given a legal certificate in Nepal’s Lamjung district on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Celebrations as Nepal registers first LGBTQ marriage
An LGBTQ couple has acquired a marriage certificate in Nepal, officials said Thursday, a first in South Asia and hailed by the pair as a win "for all".Transgender woman Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey obtained a marriage certificate from a local ward in Nepal's Lamjung district on Wednesday."We are very happy and proud. This has finally happened," Gurung told AFP.The couple held a Hindu marriage ceremony in 2017, and live together with their dog…
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