First same-sex marriage is registered in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Native authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation’s first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officers and activists stated, 5 months after the Supreme Courtroom issued an interim order clearing the best way for such marriages within the largely conservative nation.
The wedding between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung, who was born male however identifies as feminine, and Surendra Pandey, 26, who was born and identifies as male, was formally registered on the Dordi rural municipality workplace within the Lumjung district, an official stated.”We’re each very comfortable,” Pandey stated in a telephone interview. The couple have been in a relationship for 9 years and received married in response to Hindu rituals in 2016.
“Now we have issued the wedding registration certificates to the couple in consideration of the SC order and directions from related authorities authorities,” stated Hem Raj Kafle, chief administrative officer of the Dordi municipality.
Taiwan is the one different nation to legalise same-sex marriage in Asia.