Sri Lanka

Sexual gender minorities in Sri Lanka face severe cultural stigma and persecution. Minority sexual orientations in Sri Lanka are referred to as “Butterflies’, a derogatory term.Same-sex sexual acts are criminalized under Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code and same-sex marriages, civil unions remain unrecognized under Sri Lankan Family law. Transgender folk in Sri Lanka are rarely able to “obtain a national identity card and other official documents that reflect their preferred name and gender exposing them to constant and humiliating scrutiny about their gender identity”(Humans Rights Watch).

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