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Hundreds march in Nepal in support of gay rights

Gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters dance as they participate in a gay rally in Pokhara 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Hundreds of gay, lesbian and transgender people marched in a Nepal town to demand recognition as a third gender in citizen certificates, to allow same-sex marriage and support criminalizing discrimination based on sexual preference. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Gays, lesbians, transgender people and their supporters marched in a Nepalese town Friday to demand recognition as a third gender in citizen certificates, to allow same-sex marriage and to criminalize discrimination based on sexual preference.

Dressed in colorful clothes, laden with beads and other jewelry, they danced to Bollywood music played over loudspeakers as they marched for about 3 kilometers (2 miles) though the center of Pokhara, a resort town 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu.

Sunil Babu Pant of the Blue Diamond Society, a group that supports sexual minorities in Nepal, said the rally was an opportunity for people to come out.

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