Esan Regmi

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.[2]

Esan Regmi
Born1988
Nepal
Occupation(s)Executive Director of Campaign for Change, and board member of Intersex Asia
Known forIntersex activist
Websitenepalcfc.org and intersexasia.org

Early life

Regmi was born in Bajura, Nepal, in 1988. He describes the region around Bajura as remote, mountainous, and conservative.[1][3] Regmi was raised female but developed male characteristics during puberty, resulting in stigma, discrimination and claims of 'fake' identity in education and employment.[3][4] He describes travelling to India for medical treatment, and discussion about being sent to be part of a kinnar or hijra community.[5] Regmi was loved by his family, and studied at home, but his mental health suffered.[6]

Activism

Regmi became an intersex human rights activist in 2011,[1] initially with Blue Diamond Society,[3][7] before later establishing Campaign for Change and jointly establishing Intersex Asia.[1] He organized and led first national workshop for intersex people in 2016, supported by the UNDP.[8][9]

Regmi has worked with Zwischengeschlecht on submissions to the United Nations leading to calls for change to medical and social systems in Nepal.[10][11][12] He speaks nationally and internationally on intersex rights.[2][13]

Selected bibliography
  • Regmi, Esan (July 20, 2019). "The 'other' in the spectrum". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  • Regmi, Esan (2016). Stories of Intersex People from Nepal (PDF). Kathmandu.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References
  1. Salzburg Global Seminar. "Esan Regmi Intersex Human Rights Activist, Nepal". Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. British Council Nepal (2020). "Annual Education Symposium 2020". Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. Regmi, Esan (2016). Stories of Intersex People from Nepal. Kathmandu.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Regmi, Esan (October 17, 2016). "Growing up in Nepal". Intersex Day. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. Regmi, Esan (July 20, 2019). "The 'other' in the spectrum". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  6. Rasaili, Shahin Sunuwar (June 8, 2019). "'Others' still undefined". My República. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. Kelly, Christopher (July 8, 2016). "Finding refuge in cyberspace". Nepali Times. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. Being LGBTI in Asia (February 29, 2016). "The dawn of a national intersex movement: The first national intersex workshop in Nepal". Medium. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. UNDP in Asia and the Pacific (July 30, 2016). "Being LGBTI in Asia". Archived from the original on August 15, 2016.
  10. Regmi, Esan; Ram Rai, Parsu (2016). "A Brief Report on the Right of Intersex Child in Nepal".
  11. Regmi, Esan; Ram Rai, Parsu; Zwischengeschlecht (October 2018). "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)" (PDF). Zurich.
  12. Zwischengeschlecht; Regmi, Esan; Ram Rai, Parsu (October 2018). "NGO Report to the 6th Report of Nepal on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)" (PDF). Zurich.
  13. Menon, Priya (December 22, 2019). "Conference in Delhi highlights issues faced by intersex people". The Times of India. Retrieved March 16, 2021.


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