- 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 Vayamba 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 Vayamba paḷāta is unrecognized.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Vayamba paḷāta is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Vayamba paḷāta is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Gender-affirming care in Vayamba paḷāta is restricted.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Vayamba paḷāta is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Vayamba paḷāta is illegal in some contexts.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Vayamba paḷāta is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Vayamba paḷāta is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Vayamba paḷāta is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Vayamba paḷāta is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Vayamba paḷāta is unknown.
Blood donations by MSMs in Vayamba paḷāta is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Vayamba paḷāta is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Vayamba paḷāta is n/a.