Aaditya is the first person in Nepal to publicly come out as both disabled and gay. As a teenager, he was expelled from an orphanage and lost his education scholarship, forcing him to survive through sex work for five years before later completing a bachelor’s degree in social work and working with an LGBTI organization.

In Nepal, LGBTQ+ persons with disabilities face layered discrimination and are often excluded from both LGBTQ+ and disability communities. Many are denied access to education, housing, and employment, while weak legal protections and inaccessible infrastructure further marginalize queer persons with disabilities.

In 2022, drawing on his lived experience, Aaditya founded Rainbow Disability Nepal, the country’s first and only organization dedicated to queer disability rights. Through advocacy, leadership training, counseling, education support, and community programs, the organization has supported hundreds of LGBTQ+ persons with disabilities and amplified their voices in policy and public spaces.