Other Nature

 

Eye-opening documentary looking at the social and political position of the LGBT community in Nepal.

Eye-opening documentary looking at the social and political position of the LGBT community in Nepal. Tritiya Prakriti is a Sanskrit term used in religious texts to refer to gender variance, also referred to as ‘third gender'. In 2007 the Supreme Court in Nepal made a ruling that acknowledged third gender identity and protected the rights of sexual minorities; but despite legalising gay marriage in 2008, the Nepalese government have been slow to take many of the rights of this community on board. In Other Nature we meet some of the people these changes are affecting, including third gender activists, a lesbian couple from India who come to Nepal for help and the founder of Nepalese LGBT group Blue Diamond. NJ
Director
Nani Sahra Walker
Country
Nepal
Running time
57min
Year
2009

Screening with

Welcome to My Queer Bookstore

Gin Gin's bookshop in Taipei is the only LGBT bookshop in the Chinese-speaking world. 2009 marks its 10th anniversary.
Director
Larry Ling-hsuan Tung
Country
Taiwan-USA
Running time
19min
Year
2009

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