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Pratap Chakravarty

Milestone for LGBTQ+ rights as Nepal hosts South Asia's first trans marriage

Surendra Pandey and Maya Gurung, who is transgender, in Kathmandu on 30 August 2023. The couple were allowed to legally register their marriage in Nepal on 29 November 2023, making them the first LGBTQ+ couple to do so. © AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA

Nepal has registered its first LGBTQ+ marriage in what is being hailed as a victory for transgender and same-sex couples in conservative South Asia.

Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, formally married her partner Surendra Pandey in Nepal's Lamjung district on Wednesday.

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