US EditionUS funds supported Nepal’s growing LGBTQ+ community. Now that money is gone
- The Parichaya Samaj center in Nepal, which advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, has closed with its staff and volunteers gone as of 2025.
- This shutdown comes after the Trump administration reduced funding from the primary U.S. Agency that provided humanitarian assistance, leading to the closure of most LGBTQ+ support centers in Nepal.
- These centers provided vital services like HIV screening, free condom distribution, and safe-sex counseling, supporting a community with 15,000 to 20,000 HIV-positive members.
- Sunil Babu Pant, a former openly gay parliamentarian, described the funding loss as "a big crisis" that risks reversing recent constitutional advances against discrimination.
- As help centers close, many LGBTQ+ people face greater health risks and stigma, increasing vulnerability and raising concerns about rising HIV infections and limited alternatives.
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US funds supported Nepal's growing LGBTQ+ community. Now that money is gone
Many support centers for Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community have closed since the Trump administration began dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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