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• LGBT+ (Sri Lanka)

  Sri Lanka: Jaffna Sangam. Decentralising queer spaces

  18 April, by WIJESINGHE Dimithri

  Jaffna Sangam is a Tamil-speaking LGBTQIA+ community founded by Thenmoli Margret, Kasro Turai, and Thiyagaraja Waradas. The Co-Founders shared with Brunch the incredible work they have been doing as part of their movement, which originally started in the North but has since expanded to other (...)

• LGBT+ (Sri Lanka)

  Persecution of the LGBTIQ Community: Does Sri Lanka’s Police have Nothing Better to Do?

  3 October 2020, by MADUWAGE Shihara

  Early last week (September 22), news emerged that the Fort Magistrate’s Court was set to sentence two men who had confessed to engaging in same-sex sexual relations. The news stirred up controversy, with some media outlets claiming that this case was the first of its kind to be heard in Sri (...)