Opinion Pieces

BRIDGE aims to improve the protection of human rights for LGBTQ people in Sri Lanka through the use of international human rights law to improve justice outcomes for the LGBTQ community.

Protecting transgender persons: Going beyond the rule by circular

October 1, 2023 Bridge Team

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals in Sri Lanka have too often been subjected to discrimination, abuse, violence, and harassment in violation of their human rights. Throughout the years, research reports have continuously identified the Sri Lanka Police Department as the foremost perpetrators of human rights violations against LGBTI individuals. Developments in the […]

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Adolescent students and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity/expression

October 1, 2023 Bridge Team

A State Minister’s recent comment has once again brought to the forefront the need to include comprehensive sex education in the Sri Lankan school curriculum. Back in 2010, the then United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education commented in his report to the General Assembly that “sexual education must pay special attention […]

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