US EditionNepal welcomes first transgender lawmaker
Bhumika Shrestha joins Nepal's 275-member House as the first transgender woman lawmaker after Rastriya Swatantra Party's election success, representing over 900,000 sexual minorities, advocates say.
- Bhumika Shrestha became Nepal's first transgender woman lawmaker as a proportional-representation MP from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, which won 182 seats in total in parliament.
- The Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 125 directly elected seats and 57 through proportional representation, nearly achieving a two-thirds majority.
- Nepal has progressive LGBTQ rights laws, including outlawing discrimination in 2007 and recognizing a third gender on official documents since 2013.
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Who Is Bhumika Shrestha, the First Transgender Woman Lawmaker in Nepal? | 🌎 LatestLY
Bhumika Shrestha has made history as Nepal’s first transgender woman MP, representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party. A 37-year-old activist and former IWOC award winner, she joins a parliament where her party holds 182 seats. Shrestha plans to use her position to turn Nepal’s progressive constitutional ideals into concrete laws for the country's 900,000-strong LGBTQ+ community. 🌎 Who Is Bhumika Shrestha, the First Transgender Woman Lawmaker in N…
Nepal's LGBTQ+ community celebrates as country gets first trans lawmaker
Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community is celebrating after Bhumika Shrestha became the country’s first transgender lawmaker on 16 March. Nepal’s Election Commission confirmed Shrestha as a proportional-representation MP from the Rastriya Swatantra Party following a party win in parliament last week. Shrestha identifies as “third gender”, a gender which has been legally recognised in Nepal since a 2007 Supreme Court ruling surrounding self-identification. REA…
Nepal's first transgender woman will sit in parliament. The election of 37-year-old Bhumika Shrestha is a historic milestone for the Himalayan nation, which is one of the most progressive countries in South Asia when it comes to LGBT+ rights, according to AFP.
Katmandu, 17 Mar. (askanews) - His name is Bhumika Shrestha, he is 37 years old and has become Nepal's first transgender person to be elected in Parlament...
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