Nepal’s Maya Gurung (R) and Surendra Panday wear traditional attire as they take part in a gay Pride parade in Kathmandu, Nepal, in August. On Wednesday, their marriage became the first officially ...

As LGBTQ+ rights have expanded, countries worldwide have recognized gay and lesbian couples’ right to marry. But while marriage equality has become commonplace in Europe and North and South America, ...

The Nepal Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling requiring the government to register same-sex relationships follows an arduous struggle to achieve marriage equality in the South Asian nation. This historic ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it.

Image by Todd Franson Subscribe free to Metro Weekly’s digital magazine for the stories that matter most. A battle six years in the making was finally won as Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandley’s ...

A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status “After 23 years of struggle we got this historic achievement, and finally Maya and ...

GORGAMA, Nepal — In Nepal’s hot southern plains, Rajesh Sada’s mother had one wish: that she would live to see the marriage of her 16-year-old son before she succumbed to tuberculosis. It took only a ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --Nepal on Wednesday became the first South Asian nation to officially recognize the legality of same-sex marriage when a 1997 marriage between a transgender woman and a gay man was ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to have their same-sex marriage legally recognized. The Himalayan nation is one of the few in Asia to allow same-sex ...

Nepal on Wednesday formally registered the first case of same-sex marriage, five months after its Supreme Court legalised it. After the registration of the marriage, Nepal has become the first South ...