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Contents:
- GAY SRI LANKA
- SRI LANKA: ENSURG EQUALY AND NON-DISCRIMATN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
- IS RANIL GAY?
- A LONG & HARD BATTLE OF A SRI LANKAN ACTIVIST FOR GAY RIGHTS
- EXPLORE OUR FAVOURE 10 PLAC GAY SRI LANKA
GAY SRI LANKA
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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. 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. Sri Lankan polics have historilly been rife wh anti-LGBTQIA (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer/Qutng, Intersex, and Asexual/Ally) sentiment, wh the llective never tly takg a stance favour of the matter.
SRI LANKA: ENSURG EQUALY AND NON-DISCRIMATN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUALS AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
In the past, the polil arena has been overn wh homophobia, wh exampl such as when, back 2017, durg a parliamentary bate between MP Mangala Samaraweera the Mister of External Affairs at the time, a somewhat openly LGBTQIA+ intifyg dividual, and MP Wimal Weerawansa, the Opposn bench threw the term “ponnaya” at Samaraweera, which is a highly pejorative homophobic slur.
IS RANIL GAY?
Former Print Mahripala Sirisena publicly affirmed his stance agast the LGBTQIA+ muny when he announced early 2017 that he rejected the proposed bill to crimalise homosexualy the island: “Samalgika yojanava visikalé mamai”.
And at a public rally held November 2018, Sirisena went on to make the famo homophobic remark aimed at the LGBTQIA+ muny accg then Prime Mister Ranil Wickremghe of havg rejected natnal valu and havg entered a “butterfly life” (samanala jeevhaya), implyg a queer liftyle.
Peiris an attempt to crimalise homosexual sex 1995.
A LONG & HARD BATTLE OF A SRI LANKAN ACTIVIST FOR GAY RIGHTS
However, durg the bate, several lawmakers notified the Parliament that homosexual relatns between two women were not crimalised unr the existg 100-year-old lonial legislatn, and nsequently the sectn was reword to expand the maximum 12-year sentence to femal.
As June and PRIDE month to an end, Sri Lanka will ntue celebratg PRIDE (virtually) thorough July as well, and this year we saw a number of Lankan policians raise their voice agast discrimatn and homophobia and speak out favour of the LGBTQIA+ muny, many of whom have already been alli offerg support for years their own way and others takg a stand for the first time.
EXPLORE OUR FAVOURE 10 PLAC GAY SRI LANKA
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