Discrimination against LGBTIs should be ended: Human rights activists
KATHMANDU - Human rights activists have stressed on the need to end discriminations of all kind against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI).
They underlined so at a program organized by the Blue Diamond Society (BDS) and the UN's office in Nepal to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in Kathmandu today.
On the occasion, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Kumar Khadka underscored the effective implementation of the laws and policies aimed at ending discrimination against the LGBTI.
He also spoke of the need to launch awareness drive on the issues like homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
Mohana Ansari, the member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), stated that the State should ensure LGBTI's access to education.
BD's President Pinky Gurung underlined the need for equal access and opportunities for the members of the LGBTI to education, health, and employment.
Moreover, the members of the BDS moved the audiences to tears with their harrowing tales of suffering they went through in lack of support from their own family members due to their different sexual orientation.
They underlined so at a program organized by the Blue Diamond Society (BDS) and the UN's office in Nepal to mark the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia in Kathmandu today.
On the occasion, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Kumar Khadka underscored the effective implementation of the laws and policies aimed at ending discrimination against the LGBTI.
He also spoke of the need to launch awareness drive on the issues like homophobia, transphobia and biphobia.
Mohana Ansari, the member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), stated that the State should ensure LGBTI's access to education.
BD's President Pinky Gurung underlined the need for equal access and opportunities for the members of the LGBTI to education, health, and employment.
Moreover, the members of the BDS moved the audiences to tears with their harrowing tales of suffering they went through in lack of support from their own family members due to their different sexual orientation.
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