A 40-year-old transgender woman and a 22-year-old man have become the first couple in Nepal to be formally married. Monika Shahi Nath and Ramesh Nath Yogi enjoyed a wedding ceremony earlier in the ...

DADELDHURA, NEPAL: Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that one day she would be a bride, adored and accepted as a wife and daughter-in-law. But the 40-year-old ...

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Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that one day she would be a bride, adored and accepted as a wife and daughter-in-law. But the 40-year-old has made history, ...

Monika Shahi Nath, 40, who legally identifies as a third gender, married Ramesh Nath Yogi, 22, in May and was able to register it in their home district Dadeldhura in western Nepal last month. A ...

Monika Shahi Nath has became Nepal's first transgender person to be issued with a marriage certificate by district officials even though the country has no formal laws for such unions. Born and raised ...

She feared that her in-laws would not welcome her - a transgender woman. Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that one day she would be a bride, adored and accepted ...

Monika Shahi was the first Nepali to get a passport with the 'O' for 'other' gender designation in 2015 Dadeldhura, Nepal: Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that ...

Nepali transgender woman Monika Shahi Nath (L) pose for a picture with her husband Ramesh Nath (R) after announcing the registration of their marriage at a press conference in Kathmandu on August 5, ...

Born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, Monika Shahi Nath never dreamed that one day she would be a bride, adored and accepted as a wife and daughter-in-law. But the 40-year-old has made history, ...