Monica Shahi

Monica Shahi

Country

Nepal

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender activist. Made history in 2015 as the first person to receive a Nepalese passport with designation “O,” or “other”—the status given to those who identify outside of the male/female gender binary.

See Also

• Transgender Activists

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/10/dispatches-nepals-transgender-passport-progress
• http://www.newnownext.com/7-international-lgbt-activists-you-need-to-know-about/08/2015/?fb_ref=Default&fb_source=message
• https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nepal-issues-first-transgender-passport-100022572.html#T5IFeI