- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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Homosexual activity in Basnāhira paḷāta is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
The punishment for homosexuality is up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine, and there is evidence that the law has been enforced in recent years.
In 2022, a bill was introduced that would repeal Sri Lanka's laws against homosexuality, but it has not passed.
Same-sex marriage in Basnāhira paḷāta is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Basnāhira paḷāta is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Basnāhira paḷāta is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Gender-affirming care in Basnāhira paḷāta is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Basnāhira paḷāta is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Basnāhira paḷāta is illegal in some contexts.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Basnāhira paḷāta is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Basnāhira paḷāta is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Basnāhira paḷāta is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Basnāhira paḷāta is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Basnāhira paḷāta is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Basnāhira paḷāta is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Basnāhira paḷāta is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Basnāhira paḷāta is n/a.
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