Dipesh Shrestha,Kathmandu.
Numa realized that the absence of the sexual and gender minority community in mainstream politics itself was a major weakness. This realization became the turning point in her political journey. Following this, Sunil Babu Pant—founder president of the Blue Diamond Society and Nepal’s first Constituent Assembly member from the LGBTIQ+ community—initiated efforts to bring Numa and other sexual and gender minorities into various political parties. However, political parties largely limited their response to verbal assurances.

Eventually, under... [Read more]