Sri Lanka’s LGBTIQ+ community representatives meet Speaker

Sri Lanka’s LGBTIQ+ community representatives meet Speaker

February 15, 2024   05:04 pm

A group of Sri Lankan LGBTIQ+ community representatives met with the Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana on Monday (12).

The objective of this meeting was to draw the attention of the Speaker regarding the Private Member Bill brought in by the Member of Parliament Premnath C. Dolawatte to amend Sections 365 and 365A of the Penal Code of Sri Lanka, the Parliamentary Communications Department said in a statement.

Moreover, the LGBTIQ+ community representatives and the Speaker had a discussion at length regarding the issues faced by the LGBTIQ+ community living in Sri Lanka, it added.

Meet by NextGenSL, an all-party youth organization assisted in organizing this meeting with the Speaker to which the Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Hansa Abeyratne was also present.

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