Nepal gay marriage 'victory' hits legal roadblock - BBC News

A historic court order gave Nepal's same sex couples hope, only for them to have their hopes dashed.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Maya GurungImage caption, The couple has been together since 2015By Shreejana Shrestha & Rama ParajuliBBC NepaliMaya Gurung and Surendra Pandey were poised to create history.

Maya is a transgender woman but has not changed her gender on official documents. Her partner Surendra is a gay man.

They were to be Nepal's first same-sex couple to legally get married, following an interim order from the country's Supreme Court that directed the government to register such unions until it prepared legislation to change the law.

The couple had a temple wedding ceremony in 2017 but wanted their union to be legally recognised.

The order was hailed by progressives as a historic one that would bring relief to same-sex couples in the Himalayan nation.