KATHMANDU, June 10 - They did no wrong. Instead, nature made them different. But society discriminates them for a different sexual orientation. Sexual minorities — lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) — face indiscriminate persecution everywhere, including schools, homes and public places. "I was expelled from school and home and forced to conceal my true feelings from others," says a lesbian, who did not want to be named.
Sexual minorities form nearly 10 per cent of the Nepali population, and their problems are many. Yet, in a seminar on Tuesday, they demanded a unique position - that the government prepares a new national curriculum which includes different sections on sexual minorities and their rights.
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