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Imagine how many people there are like me who can't talk about this openly. They'll be free and without fear," he said. Exclusive reviews, photos, discounts, maps. Skip next section Related topics Related topics. In focus. A travel guide to the gay area in Colombo that covers everything from music, hotels, restaurants and other entertainment.

Maya described how he was met by four men who assaulted him for being gay. Many of Maya's friends have cut him off for being gay, he said, adding that hateful comments directed toward him have deeply affected him. Maya believes that a change in the law will mean a change in attitudes both within the community and beyond.

Homosexuality in Sri Lanka has been documented since ancient times. There is. However, seven months after it won a supermajority in November's parliamentary electionsthere has been no official action on the topic. Sri Lanka's colonial-era laws echo those once seen across Asia.

Find gay best gay bars dance clubs, gay saunas massage spas and gay-rated hotels in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has not yet repealed sections and A of the penal code, colonial-era laws that criminalize "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and "acts of gross indecency.

Kannan Sathurshan, a year-old performance artist, said he felt "trapped between society and the law, and unable to move forward" and lanka considering leaving Sri Lanka to live more openly with his boyfriend. Gay Sri Lanka Guide for gay travelers.

I've even attempted suicide, that's how disturbed I was," Maya said. Editor's note: If you are suffering from serious emotional strain or suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to seek professional help.

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The same year, Sri Lanka's Supreme Court welcomed the move and said decriminalization would not be unconstitutional. Latest audio Latest videos. A private member's bill was put forward in by parliamentarian Premnath C.

Dolawatte to repeal the colonial-era laws. Latest videos Latest audio. Skip to content Skip to main menu Skip to more DW sites. The court ruled that the decriminalization of sexual activity amongst consenting adults "only furthers human dignity and as such this cannot be considered as being an offence that must be maintained in the statute book.

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When year-old Maya went to what he thought was a meeting with a Facebook acquaintance two months ago, it turned out to be a trap. Many countries have repealed these laws — notably India in and Singapore in — but Sri Lanka still lags behind.

Although the law broadly applies to all kinds of sexual activity with no reproductive nature, it has "overwhelmingly been used against the LGBT community," rights lawyer Aritha Wickramasinghe told DW. Wickramasinghe works with iProbono, a global group of organizations providing free legal service to help people access their rights.

He said Equite was planning to meet parliamentarians from the ruling National People's Power NPP alliance, opposition leaders and international stakeholders to advocate for decriminalization. Lawyer Wickramasinghe told DW the Human Rights Commission had also written to the government to ask them for decriminalization.

Since the 17th century, homosexual intercourse has de jure prohibited through the Penal Code first implemented under the colonialism, but human rights organizations write that arrests are rare and prosecutions only relate to non-consensual sex and prostitution (as in India after the legalisation of homosexuality).