Same-sex marriage in Nepal

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On November 17, 2008, Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of laws to guarantee full rights to LGBT people, and all gender minorities must be defined as “natural persons” under the law; this including the right to marry. "This is a landmark decision for the sexual minorities and we welcome it," said Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal's first publicly gay lawmaker and a leading gay rights activist in South Asia. ^[1] The court asked the government to form a committee to study same sex partnership laws in other countries and asked that the new law does not discriminate against sexual minorities, including cross-dressing and transgendered people.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} On March 22, 2009, Pant said in an interview with the Indo-Asian News Service that "Though the court has approved of same sex marriage, the government is yet to enact a law," signaling that while a same-sex marriage bill has been ordered by the Supreme Court, it has yet to be drafted or voted on, much less legislated.^[7]. In June, 2009, Pant said the process has just started. “Nepal is going through transition and everything seems to move slowly. The seven-member committee has formed and just started working to study same-sex marriage bills in other countries. Hopefully they will draft the suggestion to make same-sex marriage law soon and give it to the Government to approve.” [1]

[edit] See also

• LGBT rights in Nepal
• Same-sex marriage

[edit] References

1. ^ http://pewforum.org/news/rss.php?NewsID=17001
2. ^ http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid36049.asp
3. ^ "Nepal Supreme Court orders full LGBT rights". http://www.365gay.com/news/nepal-supreme-court-orders-full-lgbt-rights/. 
4. ^ "Nepal SC approves same-sex marriage". http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=7c190914-f498-427c-ad0b-97559a3aae71&&Headline=Nepal+SC+approves+same-sex+marriage. 
5. ^ "Nepal approves same-sex marriage". http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/nepal_approves_same-sex_marriage. 
6. ^ http://www.igovernment.in/site/Nepal-apex-court-okays-same-sex-marriage/
7. ^ Gay Nepalese MP looks towards greater acceptance of gays and lesbians

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