Kathmandu, June 14 -- Hundreds marched on the streets of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, on Saturday, demanding equal rights while celebrating the month of June as "Pride Month."

While dancing and playing music, the marginalised sexual orientation and gender identity and sex characteristics (PoMSOGIESC), minorities chanted slogans demanding equal rights from the government as well as from society.

Nepal has been marking parade for people of Queer Youth Group-a youth-led queer organisation in collaboration with Queer Rights Collective an informal collective of queer folks and Campaign for Change, an intersex rights organisation has been organizing the annual celebration.

On Saturday, the group marched from Ratnapark to Narayan Chaur chantin...