Sri Lanka: New comics will fight discrimination against LGBT
Human rights organization Amnesty International in Sri Lanka is launching a new comic called Spectrum, which describes the daily experiences, discrimination and harassment that companies and members of the proud community face in Sri Lanka.
The Proud Comic "Spectrum", distributed in Sri Lanka by Amnesty International (PR)
The Proud Comic "Spectrum", distributed in Sri Lanka by Amnesty International (Photo: PR, PR)
With the launch of the comic, at the Comic-Con Conference in Sri Lanka, Amnesty calls on island authorities to immediately cease discrimination against the gay community. The comic is based on real stories depicting violence in everyday life, workplace bullying and police harassment. Created the comics for Amnesty International artists and artists - Gimhani Galagedera, Madhri Samaranayake, Shenuka Corea and Akiel Surajdeen.
"There is nowhere in the world today for persecution and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, and yet people from the proud Sri Lankan community are still forced and confronted with discrimination, abuse and complete lack of protection, only because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or environmental assumptions about these issues." , Said Rihab Mahamur, research assistant at Amnesty International.
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To the full articleThe Proud Comic "Spectrum", distributed in Sri Lanka by Amnesty International (Photo: PR)
The Proud Comic "Spectrum", distributed in Sri Lanka by Amnesty International (Photo: PR, PR)
The laws that hurt the gay community in Sri Lanka are still based on the British Occupation Penal Code in 1883, where Articles 365 and 365 A prohibit "unspecified sexual intercourse." Although the law does not specifically state what it is about, these colonial laws, more than 136 years old, are used to persecute companies and members of the proud community of Sri Lanka nowadays.
