Nepali Lesbians Harassed While Registering Marriage

Nepali Lesbians Harassed While Registering Marriage

Click to expand Image The Supreme Court of Nepal in Kathmandu.  © Supreme Court of Nepal After two years together, Ramita and Shilu—both pseudonyms to protect their identities—traveled to Sindhuli this month to register their marriage under Nepal’s June 2023 Supreme Court ruling which allows for same-sex marriages. But instead of recognition, the couple reportedly faced harassment, delays, rejection, and were forcibly separated, with police com…

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Lesbian couple in Nepal tried to record their marriage. Police jailed them.

Case shows court’s ruling to allow same-sex marriage has not won social acceptance. The Kathmandu Post reported: Lesbian couple went to register marriage. Law enforcement separated them. By Aarati Ray After a relationship of two years, Ramita and her partner Shilu, both 22, went to the Sunkoshi Rural Municipality in Sindhuli on [May 8] to have… The post Lesbian couple in Nepal tried to record their marriage. Police jailed them. appeared first on…