Year
2021

Nepal: Coming Out in Nepal

40%
LGBT people are out to their family
10%
LGBT people DID NOT receive negative reactions after coming out
15%
LGBT people have parents who were accepting of their relationship
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Impact on the Equality Index

Score22 / 100
Weight100 / 100
Time decay factor (4 years)0.4219 (0.753)
Adjusted weight (after time decay)42.2 / 100

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