Many Congratulations Bhumika

 

 Many Congratulations Bhumika

The US Embassy in Nepal has announced that transgender rights activist Bhumika Shrestha will be awarded the US Department of States' prestigious International Women of Courage Award, 2022 for her dedication to improving the lives of the LGBTQI+ community.

Transgender activist Bhumika Shrestha has advocated gender minority rights and social justice. Despite stigma and biases against transgender people, Shrestha helped lead the movement for gender minority recognition.

Nepal's Supreme Court ruled that individuals could be identified as a 'third/other gender' on citizenship documents, thanks in large part to her activism in 2007. Later in the spring of 2021, she successfully advocated to change her citizenship document from 'other' to 'female'.

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