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• SRI LANKA MAY CRIMALISE HOMOSEXUALY — BEG GAY IS A CRIME THE UNTRI
• HOMOSEXUALY GAY SRI LANKA
• 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

SRI LANKA MAY CRIMALISE HOMOSEXUALY — BEG GAY IS A CRIME THE UNTRI

In s cisn published today, CEDAW found that Sri Lanka has breached the rights of Rosanna Flamer-Calra, the founr and Executive Director of Equal Ground, an anisatn fendg the rights of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex muny Sri Lanka. In 2012 and 2013, the Women and Children’s Bure of the Sri Lanka Police ed Flamer-Calra’s photo and her posn wh Equal Ground prentatns to assert that the rise of child abe was maly due to the “growg homosexual culture”. “The crimalisatn of same-sex sexual activy has meant that the discrimatn, vlence and harassment on the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex muny Sri Lanka will ntue wh impuny, ” she add.

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. Photographer: Lakwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty ImagSri Lanka’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for lawmakers to le on a bill that would crimalize homosexualy and change the island natn’s s-old laws on same-sex speaker of parliament, Mahda Yapa Abeywarna, said Tuday that the Supreme Court green-l a floor bate and vote on the bill.

HOMOSEXUALY GAY SRI LANKA

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.

Homosexualy⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)Censorship✔ No censorshipChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ No protectnsEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. 4% of Sri Lankans would support legislatn to ensure the rights of LGBT people27% of Sri Lankans say they personally know someone who is transgenr24% know someone who is lbian or gayHistoryHomosexual activy Sri Lanka? The crimalisatn of same-sex relatnships would play an tegral role rcg discrimatn agast members of the LGBTIQ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Qutng/Queer) muny, and has been a fol aim of activists.

The crimalisatn of homosexualy do have the power to change how the police and var state actors treat LGBTIQ dividuals as well as open the door towards achievg posive social change. The crimalisatn of homosexualy do, therefore, have the power to change how the police and var state actors treat LGBTIQ dividuals as well as open the door towards achievg posive social change. One would thk that people the ral areas would be more homophobic and uptight but they accepted and were able to nverse wh and ask qutns to better unrstand what the LGBTIQ muny really is”.

SRI LANKA: ENSURG EQUALY AND NON-DISCRIMATN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

India only crimalised homosexual relatnships 2018, when the Supreme Court stck down Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Lanka’s new Print Ranil Wickramasghe has stated that the ernment will not oppose a motn to crimalise homosexualy. MP Premnath Dolawatte’s Bill propos to strike down the two sectns, crimalisg nsensual sex between two adults of the same the police did not actively enforce the law, is ed by many to harass, threaten and extort money om those belongg to sexual Lanka is far om beg the only untry that still crimalis homosexual relatnships between two nsentg adults. The SPARTACUS Gay Travel Inx 2021 found that Yemen, Iran, Somalia and Sdi Arabia wh the Chechnya Republic, a regn wh Rsia, were the worst regns for the LGBTQ no untry Europe or North Ameri crimalis homosexualy, there is a long road for many untri to traverse when to stoppg discrimatn agast LGBTQ members.

IN 'FUNNY BOY,' A YOUNG SRI LANKAN GAY MAN COM OF AGE AS ETHNIC TENSNS EXPLO

Countri like Azerbaijan, Rsia, Turkey, Poland, Armenia and Belas, particular, have the worst livg ndns for the LGBTQ muny, acrdg to the latt ILGA Europe's Rabow only crimalised homosexual relatnships 2018, when the Supreme Court stck down Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal is the list of untri where homosexualy is a crime: Afghanistan Banglash Bnei Indonia Iran Iraq Kuwa Lebanon Malaysia Maldiv Myanmar Oman Pakistan Palte Qatar Sdi Arabia Sgapore Sri Lanka Syria Turkmenistan Uned Arab Emirat Uzbekistan Yemen Algeria Bundi Cameroon Chad Comoros Egypt Errea Eswati Ethpia Ghana Guea Kenya Liberia Libya Malawi Mrania Mri Moroc Namibia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania The Gambia Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Barbados Domi Grenada Guyana Jamai Sat Kts And Nevis Sat Lucia Sat Vcent And The Grenad Cook Islands Kiribati Papua New Guea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu(Eded by: Shoma Bhattacharjee)First Published: Sept 12, 2022 9:06 PM IST. Before we discs what Theravada Buddhism says about homosexualy, is important to unrstand that Buddhism people are enuraged to look wardly when seekg guidance or a solutn to a problem.

Generally speakg Lord Buddha did not anythg specifilly about homosexualy bee has never been an issue, however this is not to say that that there was no homosexual activy the time of the Lord Buddha.

In orr to apply the prciple wh the third precept to homosexualy, one has to go back to the wir re Buddhist prciple of “do no harm” and nsir this precept a holistic terpretatn. Outsi of the specifici one has to go beyond both ourselv and the scriptur seekg a solutn as to what is right or wrong homosexualy, or as the famo Kalama Sutra puts “Revelatn (ansana), tradn (parampara), the thory of the scriptur (pakasampada) and one’s own pot of view (dthijjhanakkhanti) are aquate means of termg right and wrong”.