(20 Aug 2024)
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Kathmandu, Nepal – 20 August 2024
1. Participants at the pride rally in Kathmandu
2. Various of the rally
3. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Bhumika Shrestha, gay rights activist:
“Gai Jatra festival is a festival that is a long tradition that has been carried out for years and we all are here to help preserve and continue the tradition, and as a sexual minority are doing our part to save the tradition. We also celebrate the day as a pride parade."
4. Various of the rally and participants
5. Participants in Nepali traditional dress
6. Participants dancing
7. Wide of Rally
8. Various of the participants celebrating
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and their supporters rallied in Nepal’s capital Tuesday during the annual Pride parade, the first since couples were allowed to register same-sex marriages officially in the Himalayan nation after a Supreme Court order in November.
The annual event brings together the sexual minority community and their supporters in Kathmandu during the Gai Jatra festival.
Tuesday’s rally was attended by a government minister, diplomats and officials, which began at Kathmandu’s tourist hub and went around its main streets.
The Gai Jatra festival is celebrated to remember family members who have passed away during the year but has long had colorful parades.
Nepal has undergone a transformation since a court decision in 2007 asked the government to make changes in favor of LGBTQ+ people.
People who do not identify as female or male are now able to choose “third gender” on their passports and other government documents.
The constitution, adopted in 2015, also explicitly states that there can be no discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
AP video shot by Upendra Mansingh
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