Kathmandu (Pahichan) May 7 – Nepal will start getting radio shows about LGBTI issues, in an important step to raising public awareness of the community.A number of community and independent FM radio stations have started producing specialized LGBTI shows.<\/p>\n
The radio stations involved have reached out for more LGBTI people to join the teams making the radio programs.<\/p>\n
Nepal is a landlocked country is South Asia. It is arguably one of the most progressive countries in the region in regards to LGBTI police.<\/p>\n
Nepal is one of the few countries in the world that recognizes a third gender on passports and\u00a0official documents.<\/a><\/p>\n But same-sex marriage is not legalized and there is a long way to go in promoting acceptance of the community.<\/p>\n Radio Taranga in the central Kaski District began creating LGBTI content after a Norweigan NGO reached out to the station to begin the project.<\/p>\n While Radio Taranga is keen to keep producing LGBTI content it is strongly pushing for members of the community to come in and create the content, according to\u00a0Pahichan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pahichan is an LGBTI news outlet that is online but also produces radio shows in Nepal.<\/p>\n Nepal\u2019s leading LGBTI advocacy group, Blue Diamond Society, pushed radio stations about why they did not produce more rainbow content outside of the Pahichan\u2019s program.<\/p>\n Blue Diamond Society\u2019s, deputy director, Parshu Ram Rai met with radio stations to ask them about their \u2018lack of inclusion\u2019.<\/p>\n After Rai\u2019s comments, the head of Radio Taranga Him Nidhi Laudari said he was committed to producing more LGBTI content.<\/p>\n While Nepal may have a\u00a0number of initiatives<\/a>\u00a0to help the LGBTI community, many still face persecution and discrimination.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with Gay Star News, a\u00a0gay Nepal man is in fear for his life after a UK court outed him<\/a>. He hopes to stay in the UK because he fears reprisals for his sexuality for being gay.<\/p>\nWorking together to raise LGBTI awareness<\/h2>\n