by admin | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
After ongoing efforts and advocacy on behalf of the LGBTI community, BDS is pleased with the Central Bureau of Statistics’ decision to incorporate a ‘third gender’ option in its 2020 census. The Bureau has reversed its earlier decision to exclude LGBTIs from the...
by admin | Jun 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
How do I explain how I felt during Kathmandu’s first drag show? I was excited, happy and free. I was drunk off this weird feeling that I had never felt before. I thought I knew what freedom felt like, but this was different. It was next level...
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...
