by admin | Feb 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Anjali Lama was born into a farming family in Nuwakot district, north west of Kathmandu. She was the fifth child of seven siblings. Raised as a boy, she was often bullied and teased for her feminine tendencies and her interests in modelling, fashion and beauty. ...
by admin | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
More than 10 years ago a coalition of Nepali activists, including from the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), which is the country’s largest LGBTI rights organization, filed a case in the Supreme Court of Nepal demanding equal rights for LGBTI people. I am a founding...
by admin | Feb 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Painted on a wall outside our office in Dhumbarahi is a mural that depicts the historic 2007 Supreme Court decision to issue citizenship with ‘other’ as a category of gender identity. With this mural, passersby can be reminded of the diversity of the LGBTI community...
by admin | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
As participants of ActionAid’s Global Citizen Course with strong motivation for promoting social change, we chose to work with the LGBTIQ community in Nepal. In an attempt to contribute to the fight against ignorance, stigmatization and discrimination against the...
by admin | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
The festival of “Gai Jatra” is one of the oldest and most unusual of the many festivals celebrated by the Hindus/Buddhists of Kathmandu Valley. Some say the custom goes back more than a millennium, to the time of the Licchavi kings. Falling on the day after Janai...
