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What Took LGBTQ-Friendly Nepal So Long To Say “I Do” To Same-Sex Marriage?

Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey planned to escalate their case to the Supreme Court after lower courts refused to register their marriage. In November 2023, authorities in Dordi, a municipality in the couple’s home district of Lamjung, registered their union.
Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey planned to escalate their case to the Supreme Court after lower courts refused to register their marriage. In November 2023, authorities in Dordi, a municipality in the couple’s home district of Lamjung, registered their union. Yam Kumari Kandel/Global Press Journal

The country long seen as a beacon for LGBTQ+ rights in South Asia still has no law recognizing same-sex marriage. Here’s how two couples broke through the bureaucracy — and why hundreds of others still wait to say “I do.”

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