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

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d Salzburg Global Seminar. "Esan Regmi Intersex Human Rights Activist, Nepal". Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b British Council Nepal (2020). "Annual Education Symposium 2020". Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c 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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