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Contents:
- EXPLORE OUR FAVOURE 10 PLAC GAY SRI LANKA
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
- TOP GAY DTATNS: SRI LANKA
EXPLORE OUR FAVOURE 10 PLAC GAY SRI LANKA
Disver our favoure plac gay Sri Lanka today, cludg Colombo, Galle, Mirissa, Tangalle, Yala Natnal Park, Ella, and Kandy. * sri lankan gay community *
Vis our favoure plac gay Sri Lanka today. Photo: Aviv BenLGBT Sri LankaTechnilly and somewhat astonishgly, is illegal to be gay Sri Lanka, as of 1886 when Brish lonialists ma the lg.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Among Sri Lankan society, rather more progrsive views prosper and lols are discreetly acceptg of same-sex lookg for Sri Lanka gay rmatn, is advised to be discreet and acknowledge that most lol gays are still closeted. In spe of all of this, the Colombo gay scene is quietly thrivg, particularly around the areas of Col 1, Col 3 and Col Sri Lanka safe for LGBTQ travellers? Sri Lanka’s legal system still upholds some backwards views on gay rights, wh anti-gay laws a surprisg legacy of lonial tim.
Be that as may, Sri Lanka uld very well be nsired a safe untry for gay travellers as lols are – general – very welg and cur of foreigners, regardls of orientatn. On a happy note, we’re pleased to see a growg number of specifilly gay hotels poppg up ci like Negombo (see no.
The lack of Sri Lanka gay rights means is possible for bigots and rpt officials to discrimate wh impuny and this is largely why openly gay lols are hard to e by.
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
Meetg Sri Lankan gay iends and sgl is ma a ltle easier however wh apps such as Lanka Love, Gay Romeo and, of urse, Grdr. Fd out about upg events through gay datg apps and social media, meetg at gay-iendly spac such as the Lazaani Hotel. A popular first stop on the gay Sri Lanka travel erary, Negombo offers the chance to grow acctomed to the eic energy of the natn amidst stunng astle and lonial-era archecture.
Dpe relig fluence, Negombo is one of the untry’s most liberal areas and the heart of gay Lanka.
Dpe natnal laws mutg explic LGBT culture, gay Negonmo do offer a few unofficial gay hotels, such as the male-only Gomez Place and gay-iendly “adult-only” Dickman and Bnacle hotel rorts. By day, Negombo Beach is a popular gay hangout which turns to a slightly riskier cisg spot for so-lled ‘beach boys’ (or rts) at to simplify luxury travel planng? Sri Lanka's laws still nsir homosexualy a crime and a bill is pendg before Parliament to crimalize homosexualy.
TOP GAY DTATNS: SRI LANKA
NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 15: LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr) activists prott agast Supreme Court's judgement on Sectn 377 that upheld sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co that crimaliz homosexualy at Jantar Mantar on December 15, 2013 New Delhi, India. India's Supreme Court last week reversed a landmark 2009 lower urt orr that had crimalized gay sex.
Sce they were amend 1995 (wh the word ‘male’ beg replaced wh ‘person’), Sectns 365 and 365A do not specify that the offenc perta to same-sex sexual relatns, but they are most often ed agast Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, and Queer/Qutng (LGBTIQ) muny, as they origated om sodomy laws put place durg the lonial era. In other words, even beg perceived as gay or transgenr is enough for the police to arrt dividuals. Acrdg to the performance report (2018) of the Sri Lanka police, submted to the Parliament, homosexualy is nsired a “vice” which is fed as “offenc that impact adversely on moraly and well-beg which is expected om the society.
” The report reveals that, unr this provisn, the police has prosecuted 33 people for homosexualy 2016, six 2017, and ne 2018.