Authorities in a village in Nepal registered first same-sex marriage in the Himalayan nation in what is being termed as a ‘historic’ step in the largely conservative country. The development came after country’s Supreme Court passed an interim order that removed obstacles in the path of such marriages.
Thirty-six-year-old Ram Bahadur (Maya) Gurung (36), who was born male but identifies as female got married to Surendra Pandey (26), who was born male and identifies as one. The union was registered formally at Dordi village in Lumjung district which in western part of the country.