- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in Sri Lanka is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Jan 1, 1885
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.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sri Lanka is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Sri Lanka is legal, surgery not required.
Since Jul 4, 2010
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sri Lanka is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Sri Lanka is unknown.
Until Jan 1, 2020
Until Nov 30, -0001
LGBT housing discrimination in Sri Lanka is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Jan 1, 2017
Same-sex adoption in Sri Lanka is illegal.
Since Oct 1, 2017
Serving openly in military in Sri Lanka is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Sri Lanka is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Sri Lanka is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Sri Lanka is equal.
LGBT Rights by Province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Sri Lanka.