PinkNews.co.uk – Divya Guha
Four transgender youths in Nepal have become the latest victims of institutionalised hate directed against sexual minorities in the country.
Five Nepalese transgender youths, known as meti, were brutally beaten, sexually abused and insulted by police in Kathmandu on the night of July 14th.
Their crime is said to be carrying condoms for their own use.
The incident occurred when five metis were meeting up in a park in the heart of the country’s capital, Kathmandu.
They were approached by police, questioned and strip-searched – officers ‘checked’ for signs of sexual intercourse by examining their genitals.