#queer nepal

[makingqueerhistory]

WE ARE QUEER: VISUAL ARCHIVE PROJECT ​

For the world, for our families, for our friends, we have always been a subject of curiosity, bullying, and harassment. But we are sick of this. We, Queer people, are sick of complying with the rules, the social fabric and the society, that can’t see us happy, that can’t see us in love, that can’t see us living our life, the way we want to.

For almost two decades, Nepali queer people have been fighting for equal rights, regardless of the fact that that society and the country have always made them, migrant to their own home. They have been silenced, beaten, harassed, and even killed. They faced discrimination and humiliation from their friends, families, society and the state. But still, nothing has stopped them. Their determination and perseverance are exemplary, and not only are they marching the flags for themselves, but they are definitely making things easy for the future generation as well. To honour those people who have been fighting for equality, both on the frontline or in silent wars against queerphobia, we the team of Kaalo.101, initiated this visual archive project, WE ARE QUEER for this year’s Pride month.

The archive project is a documentation of Nepal’s queer movement, celebrating both small and big wins. It primarily is an online visual archive and showcases pictures of queer people, their struggles, their celebrations and many more.

With our collaborative effort, we hope to be successful in this project and hold space  for discourses and create platforms for archiving queer history.

#queer photography #queer photo #lgbt photography #queer nepal #lgbt nepal #nepal #nepal photography #queer history #pride month #lgbt history

[reasonsforhope]

"Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.

The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the House of Representatives in attendance, with 10 voting against it, two abstaining and three not voting.

Thailand has a reputation for acceptance and inclusivity but has struggled for decades to pass a marriage equality law. Thai society largely holds conservative values, and members of the LGBTQ+ community say they face discrimination in everyday life. The government and state agencies are also historically conservative, and advocates for gender equality have had a hard time pushing lawmakers and civil servants to accept change.

[Note: As always, worth noting that all of those things can be said about the US and plenty of Western countries too. The West isn't magically non-homophobic.]

The bill now goes to the Senate, which rarely rejects any legislation that passes the lower house, and then to the king for royal endorsement. This would make Thailand the first country or region in Southeast Asia to pass such a law and the third in Asia, after Taiwan and Nepal.

The bill amends the Civil and Commercial Code to change the words “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners.” It would open up access to full legal, financial and medical rights for LGBTQ+ couples...

The new government led by Pheu Thai, which took office last year, has made marriage equality one of its main goals."

-via AP News, March 27, 2024

#thailand #southeast asia #lgbtq #same sex marriage #queer community #lgbtq pride #queer pride #taiwan #nepal #gay marriage #gay rights #lgbt #marriage equality #good news #hope

[queerism1969]

#queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lesbian #nonbinary #lgbt pride #lgbtq #sapphic #nonbinary lesbian #gay girls #india #indian #bangladesh #sri lanka #nepal #punjab #philippines #pakistan #gay model #gayboy #gay #gayhot #gay art #gay men #gay man #gay couple #gay blog #gaymen

[gwydionmisha]

#Nepal #Marriage Equality #Queer Rights #LGBTQIA+ #News

[crossdreamers]

//Rukshana Kapali, who is from Nepal, has appeared on the list alongside other “influential and inspiring women” from across the globe including former US First Lady Michelle Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Hollywood star America Ferrera.

“A member of Nepal’s indigenous Newa nation, transgender human rights activist Rukshana Kapali struggled with a lack of information around her identity when she was growing up,” her entry in the list reads.//

#transgender #trans #lgbt #lgbtqa #queer #lgbtq #bbc #culture #nepal

[celluloidrainbow]

सुनगाभा | SOONGAVA (2012) dir. Subarna Thapa Independent and strong-willed Diya, now 22 years of age, is training to be a traditional Nepalese dancer. She forms a deep escalating friendship with another dance pupil, Kiran. Her feelings clearly border on physical desire, and she is desolate when her parents find a suitable man for her to marry. Meanwhile, her closeness to Kiran becomes passionate and they become lovers. Diya breaks off her engagement. The two young women decide to live together, but the open avowal of their relationship exposes them to ridicule and alienation. (link in title)

#lgbt cinema #lesbian cinema #soongava #soongava: dance of the orchids #nepali cinema #lgbt #lesbian #nepal #lgbt movie #lesbian movies #nepali movie #lgbt film #lesbian film #nepali film #lgbt media #lesbian media #queer cinema #asian cinema #south asian cinema #subarna thapa #deeya maskey #nisha adhikari #2010s #2012 #2010s movies #2010s films #2010s cinema

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

From The Juggernaut: 🏳️‍🌈On November 29, #Nepal became the first #SouthAsian country to register a same-sex marriage.

“Finally, we are completely together. Finally, we are completely each other’s,” Maya Gurung, 37, told The Guardian.

“We did it. We can have a beautiful future now,” Surendra Pandey, 27, told The Guardian.

In 2007, Nepal’s courts directed the government to amend laws to allow same-sex marriages, but legislators failed to bring any such amendments to Parliament. In June, Nepal’s Supreme Court issued an interim order that recognized the registry of same-sex marriages since legislators had failed to amend marriage laws.

Gurung and Pandey were married in a Hindu wedding in 2017. Gurung was born a man and identifies as a trans woman; Pandey was born a man and identifies as a man. But Nepal prohibits citizens from changing the sex assigned at birth on official documents, so the couple couldn’t open a joint bank account, buy property together, or adopt a child together.

After the Supreme Court’s interim order, the couple tried to register at the Kathmandu District Court and High Court. But they still faced pushback — until Gurung's hometown, Dordi municipality, a few miles west of #Kathmandu, stepped in and agreed to register the couple.

Nepal is the second country in Asia, after Taiwan, to recognize same-sex marriage. India’s Supreme Court refused to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this year.

“We will continue our campaign for same-sex marriage and fight to bring equality to sexual minorities in the country, so that generations of people will not have to suffer like we all did,” Gurung told reporters Friday, AP reported.

Sunil Babu Pant, a former legislator and LGBTQ+ rights activist, told AP: “It is just not same-sex marriage, but it is very inclusive…man can marry man, woman can marry woman. As we have three genders — male, female and others — others can marry others also and others can marry man [or woman].”

Read more about how India is still fighting for LGBTQ rights at the link in bio, then click this image 🔗

#same sex marriage #marriage equality #South Asia #nepal #Nepalese #lgbtqia #lgbt #queer #marriage #discrimination #queer rights #trans #India #the juggernaut #desi #qpoc #south asian

[brightgreendandelions]

Feature request on the flagmaker:

Nepal

yes.

but the question is, how do we generalize it to use anywhere from 3 to 8 colors? and in which order do we place them, even if there are only 3?

#ask #mirqmarq428 #flagmaker #queer #nepal #flags #neocities #i think norway is a bit easier to generalize

[humanrightsconnected]

As we continue to celebrate Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🌈, we spotlight 6 LGBTQ+ rights wins around the 🌍 in 2023 👇:

❤️ Nepal’s Supreme Court rules that the government must recognize the same-sex foreign spouse of a Nepali citizen.

🧡 Taiwan grants adoption rights for same-sex couples.  

💛 The Supreme Court of Namibia recognizes same-sex marriages performed abroad between Namibian citizens and foreign spouses. 

💚 Latvia's parliament elects foreign minister Edgars Rinkēvičs as the country's new president, making him the first openly gay head of state in the European Union.

💙 In the US, Governor Wes Moore declares Maryland a sanctuary for gender-affirming health care by signing an executive order. 

💜 Iceland bans conversion therapy. 

📸 by Norbu Gyachung on Unsplash

#pride month #pride #lgbt #lgbtq #transgender #trans #nonbinary #queer #equality #nepal #taiwan #namibia #latvia #america #usa #maryland #iceland

[makingqueerhistory]

#Nepal #queer nepal #lgbtq nepal #mitini nepal #queer books #free book

[shamelessislamreligionhorse]

पवित्र पुस्तक ज्ञान गंगा से जानिए कि कैसे भूत-प्रेत, पित्तर-भैरव - बेताल जैसी आत्माऐं परिवार के आस पास भी नहीं आएंगी। अवश्य सुनें ज्ञान गंगा " AUDIO BOOK

#queer books #books & libraries #audiobook #gyanganga #gyan ganga #godkabir #santrampaljimaharaj #hindugods #hindu #muslim #nepal #bhutan

[queerism1969]

Xulhaz Mannan (left) and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy: They were hacked to death in 2016

In a gruesome double murder incident, Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabby Tonoy were hacked to death inside Xulhaz’s apartment at Kalabagan on April 25, 2016.

Their deaths were part of a series of murders of freethinkers, including secular and atheist writers and members of religious minority groups, in Bangladesh at the hands of religious militants.

#bangladesh #lgbtq #lgbtq community #queer #lesbian #lgbt pride #lgbtqia #gay girls #nonbinary lesbian #sapphic #nonbinary #india #afghanistan #nepal #srilanka #pakistan #iran #saudi arabia #activist #protest #anarchy #fuckthepolice #riot #al qaeda #militants #terrorists #killing #liberal #liberalism #liberals

[dandylion-s]

Congratulations to my Nepali homies 🎉

#nepal #same sex marriage #queer

[laranjafox]

• Meera The Tales of Life (2022) [+16] [np] [47min] #sapphicfox

[comments; no spoiler]

If you like to watch movies from different countries and/or from independent producers I recommend watching this one. Is it extraordinary? No, but for me the narrative mode is unusual, the story is told through a collection of moments, it's not a continuous storyline, there are a few dialogs, no narrator nor connection elements, it's like blocks of events.

[light spoiler]

I really liked the subtletly of how they portrayed the interest, the looks, the flirting and the passion during Meera's stay at the resort. I've got to say that I didn't expect to the actresses to have much skinship, much less that they'd kiss, even less that it'd have a bed scene, after the kiss I didn't get shocked anymore lol I'm like that because I watched productions from Myanmar, that is in the near region, and the stories were tragic and there was no skinship, just the fact of being gay (they were acquillean stories), so I was expecting something in the same vibe given that Nepal is a smaller country, I dunno, random concepts my mind created lol

[spoiler]

Well, enjoyed watching the movie, but it left me with questions, did Meera divorce Amar (not sure if that's the husband's name)? She got pregnant by her husband or she adopted a child? Why Anshu doesn't show up in the present? For this, I remembered the first scene where Meera was talking to the child about the pink ball, it was blurred but there was three adults, so... the husband welcomed Anshu? He thought of her as a solution to the pregnancy problem, like she'd make Meera happier and then *pop* a baby? Or he's totally okay about it? I wanted to know that. Also, when Amar argued with Meera about something, that she didn't respect him, what was that about? At first I thought she was breaking up with him, then I thought he found out about her affair, then I wondered if it was because Meera was sheltering Anshu at their home, oh speaking of that I found pretty sensitive the portrait of a rape case, given that there's an expressive data about that involving queer women, an aspect that only other feminine person comprehends well.

A movie by Anita Pandit.

#Meera #MeeraMovie #nepal #nepali #lgbtqiapn #queer #sapphic #queer women #queer woman of color #Anita Pandit #gl #gl drama #Youtube #sapphicfox #wlw #wlw love #lgbt #lgbtq #queer poc #bisexual #lesbian #pansexual #queer nepali #nepali lgbt

[deadanarchist6669]

the fact that most if not all pride flags are rectangles and not a single popular design pulled a Nepal or an Ohio is a travesty and every single queer person should be ashamed of that until we remedy the situation

#vexillology #pride #lgbtq #trans #queer #pride flags #ohio #hot take

[desi-lgbt-fest]

Oh Hello there, Gaysis!

In the words of our wisest one, og mod: “If you can’t find queer media that represents you, then make it yourself!” 

Truer words have never been spoken, and by honoring those words, we bring you a space of love, acceptance, and creativity. A space to use your voice and become the visionary of what it means to be Desi, queer, and a survivor. So, once again, calling out to all the many many talented writers, artists, poets, directors, leaders, biographers, dreamers, lovers, or those who simply want to tell your story…come and show us what it means to be you. 

The Desi LGBT Fest Mods welcomes you to,

✨ Desi LGBT Fest 2023!!!✨

Where we share stories, poems, essays, art, photographs, and more: 

Queer in themes: this is inclusive of trans, asexuals, aromantics, and all the other niche identities of the LGBTQIA+

Set around desi characters and/or desi settings. Desi including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Shri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, etc.

That’s it! It can be any genre, any desi language, any length. Engage as much as you want, as many times as you want, however you want. 

🧡💛💚💙💜💓

The main tags that will be featured for this year’s fest are: 

#desilgbtfest23 for the overall main contents

#dlf23day[#] (ex. #dlf23day1) for submission-specific prompts each day of the fest

Mods and Creators can include any tags they deem necessary outside of these two for their content, however, if you want your work featured in our blog, then MENTION US at @desilgbtfest on your post and use the tags above. 

And of course, follow the blog for future updates

#desilgbtfest23 #desilgbtq #desiqueer #desilgbtpride #desipridemonth #pride #lgbtq #queer #gay #pride month #desilgbtfest launch announcement #reblog #queer pride #aroacepride #transpride #queer community #desi community #desi lgbt #mod navi #og mod #mod raissa #queering the scene