art space based in Patan. The exhibition featured arts primarily from Nepal alongside other countries such as Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh. Notable LGBT organizations, figures and events in Nepal Organizations Blue Diamond Society Mitini Nepal Queer Youth Group Figures Anjali Lama, a transgender model Suman Pant, whose Supreme Court case established a precedent for same-sex spousal visas Sunil Babu Pant, the first openly gay legislator in Nepal Bhumika Shrestha, a "third gender" advocate Bhakti Shah, a Nepali LGBTI activist Events Several LGBT-related events are held in Nepal. These include the main Nepal POMSOGIESC (People of Marginalized Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics) Pride Parade, known as Nepal Pride Parade in short, is held on the second Saturday of June since 2019. Similarly, Queer Womxn Pride is held every year along with mainstream women's rights rally on International Women's Day since 2019, an Queer Indigenous Pride held every year along mainstream indigenous rights rally on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples since 2019. Since 2020, a Trans Pride Parade is also observed on the Saturday after 17 December. International events such as International Transgender Day of Visibility, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, and International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia are also observed. Several smaller events include Asexual Awareness Week (Last week of October), Celebrate Bisexuality Day (23 September), an awareness day for hijras (17 April) and Intersex Awareness Day (26 October). Summary table See also Intersex rights in Nepal LGBT rights in Asia Recognition of same-sex unions in Nepal National LGBTI Day (Nepal) Human rights in Nepal References External links Globalgayz.com Nepal – Interview with Sunil Pant Law of Nepal