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Nepal authorities have registered the first same-sex marriage in the country. It was a union between Maya Gurung, 35, and Surendra Pandey, 27 that took place on Wednesday, BBC News reported.
The landmark for the LGBT community came five months after the Supreme Court in the country issued an interim order which would allow same-sex couples to register their marriages.
Ms Gurung told the BBC that their registration was a "big day" not just for the couple, but all sexual minorities.
The fight for rights is not easy. We have done it. And it will be easier for future generations," she said. "The registration has opened doors to a lot of things for us."
The couple had said that they wanted to open a joint bank account and share ownership of the land they bought. But their biggest dream is to adopt a child, once their finances are more stable.
They have been together for almost a decade. The couple wed in a temple ceremony in 2017 and sought legal recognition of their union this year
On 13 July, a district court in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, refused to register their marriage despite the Supreme Court's order that directed the government to register such unions until it prepared legislation to change the law.
The district court had argued that lower courts were not bound to follow the order as it was only directed at the government.
But on Wednesday, Hem Raj Kafle, chief administrative officer of the Dordi rural municipality, told Reuters: "We have issued the marriage registration certificate to the couple in consideration of the Supreme Court order and instructions from relevant government authorities."
Leading LGBT rights activist Sunil Babu Pant called the "historic" moment a victory for sexual and gender minorities.
"Now we can register our marriage as do the regular couples. But we still have to do more to get other rights," he told the BBC.
Taiwan is the only other place in Asia that has legalised same-sex marriage.
尼泊爾登記第一例同性婚姻
尼泊爾當局登記了該國第一樁同性婚姻。 據英國廣播公司新聞報道，週三，35 歲的瑪雅·古隆 (Maya Gurung) 和 27 歲的蘇倫德拉·潘迪 (Surendra Pandey) 結婚了。
五個月前，該國最高法院發布了允許同性伴侶登記婚姻的臨時命令，這是 LGBT 群體的里程碑事件。
古隆女士告訴英國廣播公司，他們的登記不僅對這對夫婦，而且對所有性少數群體來說都是一個「大日子」。
爭取權利並不容易。 我們已經做到了。 對子孫後代來說，這會更容易，」她說。“註冊為我們打開了很多事情的大門。”
這對夫婦曾表示，他們想開設一個聯名銀行帳戶並分享他們購買的土地的所有權。 但他們最大的夢想是當他們的經濟狀況更加穩定後收養一個孩子。
他們在一起已經快十年了。 這對夫婦於 2017 年在寺廟舉行了婚禮，並在今年尋求法律承認他們的結合
7 月 13 日，尼泊爾首都加德滿都的一家地區法院拒絕登記他們的婚姻，儘管最高法院命令政府在準備修改法律的立法之前對此類結合進行登記。
地區法院辯稱，下級法院沒有義務遵守該命令，因為該命令僅針對政府。
但在周三，多爾迪鄉村市的首席行政官赫姆·拉吉·卡夫勒(Hem Raj Kafle)告訴路透社：“考慮到最高法院的命令和相關政府部門的指示，我們已經向這對夫婦頒發了結婚登記證。”
LGBT 權利活動家 Sunil Babu Pant 稱這一「歷史性」時刻是性少數群體的勝利。
「現在我們可以像普通夫婦一樣登記結
婚。但我們仍然需要做更多的工作才能獲得其他權利，」他告訴英國廣播公司。
台灣是亞洲唯一一個同性婚姻合法化的地方。
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