Esan Regmi Explained

Esan Regmi
Birth Date:1988
Birth Place:Nepal
Occupation:Executive Director of Campaign for Change, and board member of Intersex Asia
Known For:Intersex activist
Website: and

Esan Regmi (born 1988) is a prominent Nepali intersex man and intersex human rights activist.[1] He founded Nepal's first and only intersex-led organization called Campaign for Change back in 2017, and he is one of the co founders of International NGO Intersex Asia.

Early life

Regmi was born in Bajura, Nepal, in 1988. He describes the region around Bajura as remote, mountainous, and conservative.[2] Regmi was raised female but developed male characteristics during puberty, resulting in stigma, discrimination and claims of 'fake' identity in education and employment.[3] He describes travelling to India for medical treatment, and discussion about being sent to be part of a kinnar or hijra community.[4] Regmi was loved by his family, and studied at home, but his mental health suffered.[5]

Activism

Regmi became an intersex human rights activist in 2011, initially with Blue Diamond Society,[6] before later establishing Campaign for Change and jointly establishing Intersex Asia. He organized and led first national workshop for intersex people in 2016, supported by the UNDP.[7] [8]

Regmi has worked with Zwischengeschlecht on submissions to the United Nations leading to calls for change to medical and social systems in Nepal.[9] [10] [11] He speaks nationally and internationally on intersex rights.[12] [13]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Esan Regmi Intersex Human Rights Activist, Nepal. Salzburg Global Seminar. Salzburg Global Seminar. March 16, 2021.
  2. Book: Regmi, Esan. Stories of Intersex People from Nepal. Kathmandu. 2016.
  3. Web site: Regmi. Esan. Growing up in Nepal. Intersex Day. March 16, 2021. October 17, 2016.
  4. News: Regmi. Esan. The 'other' in the spectrum. The Kathmandu Post. March 16, 2021. July 20, 2019.
  5. Web site: Rasaili. Shahin Sunuwar. 'Others' still undefined. My República. March 16, 2021. June 8, 2019.
  6. News: Kelly. Christopher. Finding refuge in cyberspace . Nepali Times. March 16, 2021. July 8, 2016.
  7. Web site: Being LGBTI in Asia. The dawn of a national intersex movement: The first national intersex workshop in Nepal. Medium. March 16, 2021. February 29, 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822213712/https://medium.com/being-lgbti-in-asia/the-dawn-of-a-national-intersex-movement-the-first-national-intersex-workshop-in-nepal-621e8d7a826e. August 22, 2016.
  8. Web site: UNDP in Asia and the Pacific. UNDP. Being LGBTI in Asia. July 30, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114122/http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/operations/projects/overview/being-lgbt-in-asia.html. August 15, 2016.
  9. Web site: Regmi. Esan. Ram Rai. Parsu. A Brief Report on the Right of Intersex Child in Nepal. 2016. Blue Diamond Society.
  10. Web site: Regmi. Esan. Ram Rai. Parsu. Zwischengeschlecht. Zwischengeschlecht. Intersex Genital Mutilations Human Rights Violations of Children With Variations of Sex Anatomy: NGO Report to the 6th Report of Nepal on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Zurich. October 2018.
  11. Web site: Zwischengeschlecht. Regmi. Esan. Ram Rai. Parsu. NGO Report to the 6th Report of Nepal on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Zurich. October 2018.
  12. Web site: British Council Nepal. British Council . Annual Education Symposium 2020. March 16, 2021. 2020.
  13. News: Menon. Priya. Conference in Delhi highlights issues faced by intersex people. The Times of India. March 16, 2021. December 22, 2019.

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