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Kathmandu (dpa) – Nepal will stage the first sports competition for lesbian, gay, bisexual, third gender and intersex in Asia, organizers said on Monday.
The organizing Blue Diamond Society-Nepal said in a statement that the two-week sport meet will take place in in September and feature sports including volleyball, football, athletics, martial arts and tennis.
"The aims for organizing this 'Blue Diamond National Sport Competition – 2012' are to mainstream LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, third gender and intersex) into the larger society, promote healthy life styles, encourage physical fitness, and promote health mentally and spiritually so that one can serve humanity better,” the statement said.
The president of the society, and country's first openly gay lawmaker, Sunil Babu Pant, said Nepal's top coaches would provide training to the participants.
Nepal's Supreme Court ruled in 2007 to implement laws guaranteeing gay rights. However, the Blue Diamond Society says the verdict has so far not been implemented.
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Kathmandu (dpa) – Nepal will stage the first sports competition for lesbian, gay, bisexual, third gender and intersex in Asia, organizers said on Monday.
The organizing Blue Diamond Society-Nepal said in a statement that the two-week sport meet will take place in in September and feature sports including volleyball, football, athletics, martial arts and tennis.
"The aims for organizing this 'Blue Diamond National Sport Competition – 2012' are to mainstream LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, third gender and intersex) into the larger society, promote healthy life styles, encourage physical fitness, and promote health mentally and spiritually so that one can serve humanity better,” the statement said.
The president of the society, and country's first openly gay lawmaker, Sunil Babu Pant, said Nepal's top coaches would provide training to the participants.
Nepal's Supreme Court ruled in 2007 to implement laws guaranteeing gay rights. However, the Blue Diamond Society says the verdict has so far not been implemented.
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