At the census of the population, Nepal citizens were first suggested the third option in the “Paul” column. Representatives of the LGBT community approved this gesture and believe that he guarantees improving their lives in the country, reports RFI radio station.
According to reports, the census of the population in the country began on September 26. After innovations, the specialists of the Central Statistical Bureau of Nepal interviewed about 30 million people, offering them three options when filling in the “Paul” graph.
The radio station notes that Nepal is one of the most progressive states of South Asia regarding the rights of representatives of LGBT. In 2007, the country adopted a law prohibiting sexual sign or orientation discrimination. In 2013, the authorities gave consent that the third floor would appear in official documents, at the same time began to produce new types of passports, in which, in addition to the male and female, the third option appeared – “Other” (in such passports it is indicated by O, which means ” Other “).
However, gays and transgender people, which in the country there are about 900 thousand in the country, everyone complains about discrimination, especially in the areas of health, employment and education. They argue that access to goods affects the lack of knowledge about the number of this category of population. Representatives of LGBT emphasize that many Nepalese in the past were afraid to declare their orientation, but now it may change.
Earlier it was reported that in Europe introduced any useful surnames. It was specified that the adopted law implies the introduction of a third floor, which will be denoted in documents as “x”.
Also known that in 2018 the third floor was officially recognized in Germany and Austria.