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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Homosexual activity in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1885
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality is criminalized in Sri Lanka under Section 365 of the 1883 Penal Code inherited from British colonial rule. "Voluntary carnal intercourse against the order of nature" by both men and women is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Human Rights Watch and Equal Ground have found evidence of these laws continuing to be enforced by police as of 2020.

Sri Lanka is an independent nation, as such, India's 2018 Supreme Court decision to decriminalize same-sex relationships and make a similar law unenforceable does not apply.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/resea…
humandignitytrust.org/count…
state.gov/reports/2020-coun…
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Same-sex marriage in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Same-sex marriage in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1885
Banned
Homosexual activity is not legal in Sri Lanka.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
www1.umn.edu/humanrts/resea…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Sri Lanka, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Right to change legal gender in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Right to change legal gender in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.

Current status
Since Jun 16, 2016
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Surgery is not required to legally change your gender in Sri Lanka, however expert testimony/diagnoses is required.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/api/downl…

database.ilga.org/sri-lanka-lgbti


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Until Jun 16, 2016
Illegal
Before June 16th 2016, there was no legal framework for transgender people to change their gender.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/sri-lanka-lgbti
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
No recognition of third gender.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
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LGBT discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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LGBT discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is no protections.

Current status
Since Oct 8, 2014
No protections
The government of Sri Lanka claimed to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on 7–8 October 2014 that they think sexual minorities should be protected under existing generic anti-discrimination laws provided in the Constitution.[22] The government of Sri Lanka stated that such protections were "'implicit'" in the Sri Lankan constitution and that the government has not written a law giving 'explicit' rights yet".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
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Until Jan 1, 2020
Ambiguous
In January 2017, cabinet members of the Sri Lankan government agreed to update their Human Rights Action Plan with an addendum that bans discrimination against someone based on his or her sexual orientation.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
newnownext.com/sri-lanka-ba…


fourtwonine.com/2014/10/23/…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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LGBT employment discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/sri-lanka-lgbti
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LGBT housing discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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LGBT housing discrimination in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is no protections.

Current status
No protections
No protections available.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
database.ilga.org/sri-lanka-lgbti
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Same-sex adoption in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Same-sex adoption in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
In Sri Lanka, single people are not able to adopt children, and same-sex couples are not found eligible to adopt.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
travel.state.gov/content/tr…
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Serving openly in military in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Serving openly in military in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
According to Wikipedia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB…
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Blood donations by MSMs in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Blood donations by MSMs in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
On Sri Lanka’s National Blood Transfusion Website, under the donor donation criteria, it says that donaters must be free from “risk behaviors.” On the site, the risk behaviors are listed and homosexuals are included.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
nbts.health.gov.lk/index.ph…
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Conversion therapy in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Conversion therapy in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Some clinics are promoting this. As well homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
hrw.org/news/2018/09/12/sri…
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Equal age of consent in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta

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Equal age of consent in Uturumæ̆da paḷāta is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Same-sex sexual activity is illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
ageofconsent.net/world/chile
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