In a historic moment, Nepal has registered its first ever same-sex marriage.
Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman speak during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)
On Wednesday Nov. 29, Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey became the first same-sex couple to officially register their marriage in the country.
Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman gesture during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)Maya Gurung, 35, (L) and Surendra Pandey, 27, (R) hold their marriage certificate after being legally registered as a same-sex marriage couple, becoming the first couple to receive the status in Kathmandu. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Gurung is a transgender woman and Pandey is a man.
Surendra Pandey (L) and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, pose for pictures in Kathmandu. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)
They have been together for almost 10 years, and held a wedding ceremony in 2017.
Members of Nepal’sLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, Nepal’s same-sex couple Maya Gurung (R) and Surendra Panday (L) wearing traditional attire take part in a Pride Parade in Kathmandu. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)
Activists and youths from LGBTQI+ community takes part in the annual pride parade in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Rojan Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Nepal has made significant progress in LGBTQ rights since 2007.
Members of Nepal’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community take part in a Pride Parade in Kathmandu. (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)
That year, it ended a ban on gay sex, introduced an official 3rd gender and made LGBTQ discrimination illegal.
Members of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community take part in Pride Parade in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Sunil Pradhan/NurPhoto)
Now it has become the second country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after Taiwan.
Nepalese revelers wearing colorful outfits dance during the pride parade of LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, intersexual, transgender, asexual). (Photo by Bivas Shrestha/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
