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    transgender (LGBT) people in Sri Lanka face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code, which...
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  • Human rights in Sri Lanka provides for fundamental rights in the country. The Sri Lanka Constitution states that every person is entitled to freedom of...
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  • Sexual minorities in Sri Lanka have been counted in recent times as consisting of as little as 0.035% of the population to as high as 19.6%. It is likely...
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    The Sri Lankan Civil War (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē...
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    Equal Ground (category LGBT rights in Sri Lanka)
    organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that campaigns for political, social and civilian rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), intersex and...
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  • women in Sri Lankan society, in particular on unmarried women in rural areas, due to the culture of remaining at home until marriage. LGBT rights in Sri Lanka...
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  • The history of sexual minorities in Sri Lanka covered in this article dates back to a couple of centuries before the start of the Vikram Samvat era (300...
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    Asgiriya Chapter, came out in support of extending rights to LGBT, including support to amend the constitution. A monk based in Sri Lanka and Singapore stated...
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  • Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka has occurred repeatedly during the island's long ethnic conflict. The first instances of rape of Tamil women...
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    Mangala Samaraweera (category Sri Lankan LGBT politicians)
    for LGBT rights in Sri Lanka, despite Sri Lanka having not legalised LGBT rights. Mangala Samaraweera was born on 21 April 1956 in Matara, Sri Lanka, the...
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