Kathmandu, Dec. 22 -- Queer and disabled-two parts of an identity that intersect and make everyday life difficult for many people affected. One of them is Aaditya Rai, founder and managing director of Rainbow Disability Nepal (RDN), an NGO that supports vulnerable individuals with disabilities in the LGBTQIA+ community across Nepal.

"Being queer and disabled is challenging in every aspect of life," the 32-year-old says. When he first spoke up in the media about being queer and physically disabled in 2013, he was kicked out of the orphanage he was living in at the time and lost his education scholarship. He spent several years living on the street and had to fend for himself without any help. "Nobody wanted to give me a job. In this situa...