Same-sex marriage in Nepal
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On November 17 2008, Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of laws to guarantee full rights to LGBT people, and all gender minorities must be defined as “natural persons” under the law; this including the right to marry. "This is a landmark decision for the sexual minorities and we welcome it," said Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal's first publicly gay lawmaker and a leading gay rights activist in South Asia. [1] The court asked the government to form a committee to study same sex partnership laws in other countries and asked that the new law does not discriminate against sexual minorities, including cross-dressing and transgendered people. Same sex unions are permitted but will not receive official approval until further notice.[2] [3][4][5]
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