Blue Diamond Society

Nepal issued its first transgender passport today in a move which rights groups hailed as a breakthrough.

The first public lesbian wedding in Nepal, held this week under the aegis of the republic's gay rights icon Sunil Babu Pant, has inspired the gay communities in West Bengal and Kerala to seek help to host the two states' first public gay rallies next month.Pant, who is also Nepal's only openly gay Member of Parliament, founded the Blue Diamond Soci...

Three years after Nepal's Supreme Court recognised same-sex unions, the Himalayan republic on Monday hosted Asia's first public lesbian wedding with the couple flying from the US to exchange vows under the aegis of the country's pioneering gay rights organisation, the Blue Diamond Society.Courtney Mitchell, 41, a university psychologist and researc...

Nepal issued its first transgender passport today in a move which rights groups hailed as a breakthrough.

The first public lesbian wedding in Nepal, held this week under the aegis of the republic's gay rights icon Sunil Babu Pant, has inspired the gay communities in West Bengal and Kerala to seek help to host the two states' first public gay rallies next month.Pant, who is also Nepal's only openly gay Member of Parliament, founded the Blue Diamond Soci...

Three years after Nepal's Supreme Court recognised same-sex unions, the Himalayan republic on Monday hosted Asia's first public lesbian wedding with the couple flying from the US to exchange vows under the aegis of the country's pioneering gay rights organisation, the Blue Diamond Society.Courtney Mitchell, 41, a university psychologist and researc...