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KATHMANDU: Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation’s first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country.
The marriage between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung, who was born male but identifies as female, and Surendra Pandey, 26, who was born and identifies as male, was formally registered at the Dordi rural municipality office in the Lumjung district, an official said.”We are both very happy,” Pandey said in a phone interview. The couple have been in a relationship for nine years and got married according to Hindu rituals in 2016.
“We have issued the marriage registration certificate to the couple in consideration of the SC order and instructions from relevant government authorities,” said Hem Raj Kafle, chief administrative officer of the Dordi municipality.
Taiwan is the only other country to legalise same-sex marriage in Asia.
The marriage between 36-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung, who was born male but identifies as female, and Surendra Pandey, 26, who was born and identifies as male, was formally registered at the Dordi rural municipality office in the Lumjung district, an official said.”We are both very happy,” Pandey said in a phone interview. The couple have been in a relationship for nine years and got married according to Hindu rituals in 2016.
“We have issued the marriage registration certificate to the couple in consideration of the SC order and instructions from relevant government authorities,” said Hem Raj Kafle, chief administrative officer of the Dordi municipality.
Taiwan is the only other country to legalise same-sex marriage in Asia.
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