EQUAL GROUND

For Le***an Visibility Week, we asked le***an activists who partner with the Human Dignity Trust to share what this week means to them.

Rosanna Flamer-Caldera – Sri Lanka

'This year, Le***an Visibility Week is as important as ever given the surge in the anti-rights movement we are seeing across the world, including in my own country, Sri Lanka. Archaic penal codes and customs force le***ans into heterosexual marriages where they are violated physically and mentally. And, four years after the CEDAW case, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera v Sri Lanka, our successive governments continue to stall on decriminalisation.

'Women's rights are in more danger now than ever. We must fight back – not just q***r women, but all women – because if one of us hurts, we all hurt!’

Rosanna Flamer-Caldera was the complainant in a case brought against Sri Lanka at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2022. The Committee ruled that the criminalisation of le***an and bisexual women violates the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. She is the Executive Director of EQUAL GROUND, a Sri Lankan civil society organisation working towards equality for all sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as human rights for everyone.

Read Human Dignity Trust's landmark report, Breaking the Silence (revised edition), the first ever report to analyse how laws against same-sex activity specifically impact le***an and bisexual women https://www.humandignitytrust.org/resources/breaking-the-silence-2/

www.humandignitytrust.org/news/why-le***an-visibility-week-matters/

New year, new beginnings 🌞✨

Wishing everyone a beautiful Sinhala and Tamil New Year filled with love, light, and prosperity!

අලුත් අවුරුද්දක්, අලුත් ආරම්භයක් 🌞✨

සැමට ආදරය, ආලෝකය සහ සෞභාග්‍යයෙන් පිරි සුන්දර සිංහල සහ දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!

புதிய ஆண்டு, புதிய தொடக்கங்கள் 🌞✨

அனைவருக்கும் அன்பும் ஒளியும் செழிப்பும் நிரம்பிய இனிய சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!