Among the most vulnerable are persons who are living with HIV and transgender persons. This is a joint publication by UNDP, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF). In April 2007, the Blue Diamond Society, MITINI Nepal, Cruse AIDS Nepal, and Parichaya Nepal, all organizations representing lesbians, gays, and “people of the third gender”, filed a writ petition under Article 107(2) of the Interim Constitution of Nepal demanding representation and laws that provide protection to the LGBT community, thus prohibiting any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

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This event and the launch of the program represents a significant moment for Blue Diamond Society and the LGBTI rights movement in Nepal.

Your Easy-access (EZA) account allows those in your organization to download content for the following uses:It overrides the standard online composite license for still images and video on the Getty Images website. It was the responsibility of the state to provide identity documents, including birth certificates, citizenship certificates, passports and voter identity cards because without identity cards, people of the third gender were deprived of education and other public benefits and were vulnerable and disadvantaged.After quite a struggle, Court came to the conclusion that sexual orientation was a natural process rather than the result of “mental perversion” or “emotional and psychological disorder”. Nepal's LGBT-rights organization Blue Diamond Society announced they'll host the nation's first-ever LGBT sporting event this September. Collect, curate and comment on your files.KATHMANDU, NEPAL - SEPTEMBER 4: Transgender women join in Teej celebrations at a program organized by the Blue Diamond Society, an NGO advocating LGBT rights on September 4, 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Despite the legal and liberal system supporting the community there is still very conservative especially when it comes to sexuality.The society's visions are to create a society that respects and values each sexual and gender minorities, where every person of a sexual and gender minority can have BDS worked with local governments and the Supreme Court to have the Election Commission of Nepal and local census forms offer a "In 2012, Blue Diamond Society was accused of corruption and nepotism, which led to serious financial trouble for the organization.The Blue Diamond Society has been criticized for creating a rigid "third gender narrative" in Nepal.



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existing laws that fuel discrimination. Memes, jokes, and shitposts! Sunil Babu Pant (above), the only openly gay parliamentarian in Nepal, is part of the organizing committee. As noted by regional activists and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in her human rights day speech last year, Nepal is a regional and international leader on LGBTI rights.

Therefore, it was introduced as sexual health program and later established itself as a full fledged LGBT organization. La Blue Diamond society a participé à la plainte auprès de la Cour suprême du Népal, qui ordonne finalement en 2007 au gouvernement d'abroger toutes les lois contre les personnes LGBTI.