Activists Sri Lanka have been mpaigng for years to change law untry where beg gay is still punishable by a prison sentence and a fe.
Contents:
- COLOMBO CHIEF MAGISTRATE DISMISS SE AGAST THREE GAY MEN FOR HOMOSEXUALY
- SRI LANKA: COURT SE AGAST THREE GAY MEN FOR HOMOSEXUALY DISMISSED.
- GAY PRI SL: A MOMENT TO ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE LGBTIQ LIVES
- SRI LANKA MAY CRIMALISE HOMOSEXUALY — BEG GAY IS A CRIME THE UNTRI
- SRI LANKA: ENSURG EQUALY AND NON-DISCRIMATN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
- IN 'FUNNY BOY,' A YOUNG SRI LANKAN GAY MAN COM OF AGE AS ETHNIC TENSNS EXPLO
- “I WANTED TO M SUICI FOR BEG GAY AND BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST”
COLOMBO CHIEF MAGISTRATE DISMISS SE AGAST THREE GAY MEN FOR HOMOSEXUALY
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seekg to crimalize homosexualy, the speaker of parliament said on Tuday, a move hailed as a “historic velopment” by mpaigners. LGBTQ+ rights activists Sri Lanka have been mpaigng for years to change the law a untry where homosexualy is still punishable by a prison sentence and a fe, leadg to the private member’s bill prented parliament last month.
SummaryCampaigners been seekg change for yearsCourt says bill not nsistent wh nstutnBill now needs support of lawmakers to make progrsCOLOMBO, May 9 (Rters) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seekg to crimalise homosexualy, the speaker of parliament said on Tuday, a move hailed as a "historic velopment" by rights activists Sri Lanka have been mpaigng for years to change the law a untry where homosexualy is still punishable by a prison sentence and a fe, leadg to the private member's bill prented parliament last Supreme Court, after hearg more than a dozen petns on both sis of the argument, led was not unnstutnal, Speaker of Parliament Mahda Yapa Abeywarna said.
SRI LANKA: COURT SE AGAST THREE GAY MEN FOR HOMOSEXUALY DISMISSED.
Sri Lanka urt clears path for crimalisatn of homosexualy. Activists Sri Lanka have been mpaigng for years to change the law Sri Lanka, where beg gay is still punishable by a prison sentence and a fe. Court has given green light to bill to crimalise homosexualy; now supporters need to ga backg of parliamentarians for legislatn to be phed through.
The announcement after the Uned Natns (UN) cricised the Sri Lankan penal system for crimalisg homosexualy.
The Sri Lankan ernment received seven specific remendatns, which clud the crimalisatn of homosexualy – which is currently punished by a maximum of 10 years jail.
GAY PRI SL: A MOMENT TO ACCEPT, ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE LGBTIQ LIVES
However, spe the new promis, LGBTQ cizens will still ntue to face many obstacl as Health Mister Rajha Senaratne said that the ernment was still “agast homosexualy. The Supreme Court Sri Lanka has led is not unnstutnal to crimalise homosexualy (Getty/PkNews). Sri Lanka looks to be makg mov towards crimalisg homosexualy, followg a “historic velopment” by s Supreme Court.
At the moment, people found guilty of homosexualy the South Asian untry n face imprisonment, unr a law datg back to Brish le of what was then Ceylon. On Tuday (9 May), the Sri Lankan Supreme Court led that a private members bill, om MP Premnath C Dolawatte, to crimalise homosexualy, was not unnstutnal, Rters reported.
SRI LANKA MAY CRIMALISE HOMOSEXUALY — BEG GAY IS A CRIME THE UNTRI
Sgapore’s lonial-era ban on gay sex, unr sectn 377A of the penal , was repealed November, effectively makg legal to be homosexual the cy-state. The Colombo Chief Magistrate has dismissed a se filed agast three gay men for homosexualy.
In June last year, Narahenpa Police raid a private hotel room Colombo and arrted three men for homosexualy. The men, all who intify as gay, were not participatg any sexual activy at the time of the raid but were merely havg drks and eatg the room.
Sectn 365A crimalis “gross cency” between any persons and do not specifilly mentn or crimalise homosexualy. In a petn tailg his harrowg experience at the hands of Sri Lanka Police, the victim stat that he was “subjected to torture, cel and humane and gradg treatment” and that police officers tied him“wh wir, and forced him to unrgo anal examatns attempt to prove homosexualy. Recently, several LGBT rights activists, led by Equal Ground, filed a wr petn the Court of Appeal agast Sri Lanka Police for nductg homophobic trag ssns.
SRI LANKA: ENSURG EQUALY AND NON-DISCRIMATN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
As the month of June approach, untri all over the world, be nservative or liberal, celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, now celebrated as Gay PRIDE or LGBT PRIDE worldwi. The rts were nsired to be the most important event leadg to the gay liberatn movement and the morn fight for LGBT rights the Uned Stat. Dranian laws still rema Sri Lanka and homosexualy is still illegal g much damage to our society gay and straight alike.
"Dranian laws still rema Sri Lanka and homosexualy is still illegal g much damage to our society gay and straight alike".
Wh 41 of the Commonwealth’s 53 member stat crimalisg homosexualy, will David Cameron speak out for the LGBT muny at the Sri Lanka summ? A report released by Kaleidospe Tst has llated the experienc for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people om across the Commonwealth. “The vast majory of untri the Commonwealth, 80 per cent, crimalise homosexualy.
IN 'FUNNY BOY,' A YOUNG SRI LANKAN GAY MAN COM OF AGE AS ETHNIC TENSNS EXPLO
That is why the Commonwealth has been lled a homophobic associatn. Over half of the untri the world that crimalise homosexualy are the Commonwealth, and the ttimoni the report make for harrowg readg (see teractive map, top).
“I WANTED TO M SUICI FOR BEG GAY AND BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST”
One anonymo source om Tanzania said: “A mob had gathered there sayg they wanted to kill gays. Uganda’s recent steps to extend the crimalisatn of homosexualy, cludg troducg the ath penalty for “serial offenrs”, have “lifted the lid off the issue, ” Ms Sen says.