al. stating that a transgender woman's gender identity is woman, not third gender. This is the first instance of transgender people being legally recognized in the binary spectrum. Consequently, on 2022 February 27 and March 15, the Supreme Court ordered to issue COVID-19 vaccination certificate and passport to her with a female gender marker. Non-binary recognition Nepali activists identify two distinct groups, i.e. third gender and non-binary, beyond the man and woman genders. This is due to the recent development of critiques on third gender, to be a discriminatory word. In 2020, the National Charter of Demands on Legal Recognition of Gender Identity laid forth the option 'non-binary' should be available distinct from 'third gender'. The proposed Gender Identity Act, 2021 also suggests for non-binary and third gender as two different options. A case filed at National Human Rights Commission on 22 November 2020 complaint number 654 also demands for a non-binary option to be added. Intersex rights The rights situation of intersex people in Nepal is unclear. Local activists have identified human rights violations, including significant gaps in protection of rights to physical integrity and bodily autonomy, and protection from discrimination. Census It was reported that Central Bureau of Statistics officially recognized a "third gender" option, in addition to male and female, in the census of 2011. It was recognized as the world's first national census to list a category other than male or female, it allowed for the government to gain data on the number of "third gender" identifying Nepalis. The census enumeration of third gender experienced many barriers and challenges. Some reported that census enumerators demanded a child to be stripped on their parents lisiting them as 'third gender'. However, no data of third gender were published by the bureau. Media reported that 2021 census of Nepal shall include LGBTI people. The LGBT and Intersex community of Nepal raised concerns over enumeration of LGBTI as a third gender. Rights group argued that sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics were being clumped into one. Various campaigns were conducted for LGBTI inclusion in census. Civil societies promulgated Charter of Demands on ‘Other gender’ provision in National Census 2078 (2021) condemning what they call 'tokenistic inclusion'. On 4 July 2021, a writ petition was filed against Central Bureau of Statistics et al. regarding 'tokenistic inclusion' in the census and demanding for a meaningful inclusion, that addresses diversity of Sexual