Esan Regmi

Regmi was born in Bajura, Nepal, in 1988. He describes the region around Bajura as remote, mountainous, and conservative.{{Cite book| last = Regmi| first = Esan| title = Stories of Intersex People from Nepal| location = Kathmandu| date = 2016| url = https://nepalcfc.org/intersex-story-book-from-nepal/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201111113722/https://nepalcfc.org/intersex-story-book-from-nepal/| url-status = usurped| archive-date = November 11, 2020}} Regmi was raised female but developed male characteristics during puberty, resulting in stigma, discrimination and claims of 'fake' identity in education and employment.{{Cite web| last = Regmi| first = Esan| title = Growing up in Nepal| work = Intersex Day| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = October 17, 2016| url = http://intersexday.org/en/growing-up-nepal/}} He describes travelling to India for medical treatment, and discussion about being sent to be part of a kinnar or hijra community.{{Cite news| last = Regmi| first = Esan| title = The 'other' in the spectrum| work = The Kathmandu Post| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = July 20, 2019| url = https://kathmandupost.com/as-it-is/2019/07/20/the-other-in-the-spectrum}} Regmi was loved by his family, and studied at home, but his mental health suffered.{{Cite web| last = Rasaili| first = Shahin Sunuwar| title = 'Others' still undefined| work = My República| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = June 8, 2019| url = http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/66847/}}

Regmi became an intersex human rights activist in 2011, initially with Blue Diamond Society,{{Cite news| last = Kelly| first = Christopher| title = Finding refuge in cyberspace | work = Nepali Times| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = July 8, 2016| url = http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Finding-refuge-in-cyberspace,3146}} before later establishing Campaign for Change and jointly establishing Intersex Asia. He organized and led first national workshop for intersex people in 2016, supported by the UNDP.{{Cite web| last = Being LGBTI in Asia| title = The dawn of a national intersex movement: The first national intersex workshop in Nepal| work = Medium| access-date = March 16, 2021| date = February 29, 2016| url = https://medium.com/being-lgbti-in-asia/the-dawn-of-a-national-intersex-movement-the-first-national-intersex-workshop-in-nepal-621e8d7a826e| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160822213712/https://medium.com/being-lgbti-in-asia/the-dawn-of-a-national-intersex-movement-the-first-national-intersex-workshop-in-nepal-621e8d7a826e| archive-date = August 22, 2016}}{{Cite web| last = UNDP in Asia and the Pacific| author-link = UNDP| title = Being LGBTI in Asia| date = July 30, 2016| url = http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/operations/projects/overview/being-lgbt-in-asia.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114122/http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/operations/projects/overview/being-lgbt-in-asia.html| archive-date = August 15, 2016}}

Regmi has worked with Zwischengeschlecht on submissions to the United Nations leading to calls for change to medical and social systems in Nepal.{{Cite web| last1 = Regmi| first1 = Esan| last2 = Ram Rai| first2 = Parsu| title = A Brief Report on the Right of Intersex Child in Nepal| date = 2016| url = https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCRC%2fNGO%2fNPL%2f23749&Lang=en| author1-link = Blue Diamond Society}}{{Cite web| last1 = Regmi| first1 = Esan| last2 = Ram Rai| first2 = Parsu| author3-link = Zwischengeschlecht| last3 = Zwischengeschlecht| title = 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)| location = Zurich| date = October 2018| url = http://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2018-CEDAW-Nepal-NGO-Intersex-IGM.pdf}}{{Cite web| last1 = Zwischengeschlecht| last2 = Regmi| first2 = Esan| last3 = Ram Rai| first3 = Parsu| title = NGO Report to the 6th Report of Nepal on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)| location = Zurich| date = October 2018| url = http://intersex.shadowreport.org/public/2018-CEDAW-Nepal-NGO-Intersex-IGM.pdf}} He speaks nationally and internationally on intersex rights.{{Cite web| last = British Council Nepal| author-link = British Council | title = Annual Education Symposium 2020| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = 2020| url = https://www.britishcouncil.org.np/annual-education-symposium-2020}}{{Cite news| last = Menon| first = Priya| title = Conference in Delhi highlights issues faced by intersex people| work = The Times of India| accessdate = March 16, 2021| date = December 22, 2019| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/conference-in-delhi-highlights-issues-faced-by-intersex-people/articleshow/72924318.cms}}

• {{Cite news| last = Regmi| first = Esan| title = The 'other' in the spectrum| work = The Kathmandu Post| accessdate = 2021-03-16| date = July 20, 2019| url = https://kathmandupost.com/as-it-is/2019/07/20/the-other-in-the-spectrum}}
• {{Cite book| last = Regmi| first = Esan| title = Stories of Intersex People from Nepal| location = Kathmandu| date = 2016| url = https://www.familiasporladiversidad.org/recursos/intersex/Intersex%20Stories%20in%20Nepal.pdf}}

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