A painting to tell the story of those on the edge

Baishak 13, 2082

Ramesh Kumar Paudel

A painting to tell the story of those on the edge

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There is caste discrimination in the society. There is also discrimination and harassment based on gender. Even if they are born with male or female parts, the behavior towards people with different sexual characteristics and expressions while growing up is not respectful. They have to bear the stigma in the society.

 A discussion program on these issues was completed in Bharatpur on Saturday and a painting exhibition has also started. 

The painting made by artist Suraksha Wagley shows a menstruating man . This is not the imagination of the painter, it is reality. Men also menstruate . In the description of the picture, it is said that "transsexual men naturally menstruate naturally". But we have not identified them. They have been denying their existence. This picture is a profound symbol of the power and rebellion of Dalit queer existence.'

What does the word queer mean? Queer is a broad term that refers to people who do not have a gender identity that matches the sex they were assigned at birth, people who are gender diverse, and people who have different and diverse sexual behaviors than sexual and romantic attraction between men and women. This is mentioned in the book 'Dalit Queer Sangharsh Gatha : Dalit Queer and Resistance' edited by Shivahari Gyawali. 40 paintings have been put on public exhibition on the road side of Bharatpur Choubiskothi to show the Dalit queer, caste and gender discrimination . The exhibition will be held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 3 pm to evening. Chitwan's social organization 'Samari Utthan Seva', Chittoun Kachhari and youth organization Better Chitwan jointly organized the exhibition.

  A painting to tell the story of those on the edge

According to the information given by Shivahari Gyawali, who is also the program manager of Samari Utthan Seva, those 40 pictures were drawn by 40 painters. Before the painting exhibition started, Dr. Jeevan Chhetri had a conversation with the campaign workers on the topic of 'Race, Gender and Sexuality: Borders and Borders'. Vimala Gaik, Milan Bastola (younger brother) and Roshni Karna participated in this discussion . Vimala Gaik from the Gandharva community joined the school at the age of 6 and sat on the first bench, saying that the teacher did not live here. In addition to this, she discussed her efforts for education and opportunities by opening a social organization called Samari Utthan Seva while moving forward with various struggles.

Milan Bastola is a member of the LGBTIQ community and a campaigner for this campaign. He said, "My brother and I were born". Although I was born as a daughter, I became like a son later on. Nothing like that happened in the family. He had one son and it would have been two.' But he is saddened that the state is not protecting his community by making policies and rules. He is living with another female friend .

'We two consulted and adopted a daughter, brought her up and educated her . But it was very difficult to register the birth. After reaching the 8th grade, birth became unregistered. Birth registration has been done, but it is not yet time to get citizenship. Until the citizenship is issued, it is uncertain whether the birth registration is confirmed or not," he said.

He is also hurt for temporarily registering a marriage like his. Roshni Karna is a Dalit queer activist.

A painting to tell the story of those on the edge

She said that she started the Dalit Queer Campaign after seeing that queer issues were not discussed within the Dalit organization and Dalit problems were not understood within the Queer campaign. She said that even though the constitution, law and interpretation of the Supreme Court in Nepal have given many rights for queers, there is a need to carry out a campaign because there is a lack of support at the ward and community levels.

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