Nepal Registers First Same-Sex Marriage; 'Historic', Say Activists

FILE - In this picture taken on Aug. 30, 2023, Surendra Pandey, left, and Maya Gurung, a transgender woman, are shown in Kathmandu.

Local authorities in a village in Nepal registered the Himalayan nation's first same-sex marriage on Wednesday, officials and activists said, five months after the Supreme Court issued an interim order clearing the way for such marriages in the largely conservative country.