Devana Senanayake

Devana Senanayake is a journalist based in Colombo. She reports on questions of labour and on social movements.

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Participants getting ready for a Pride parade in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in June 2024. During the 2024 Generation Pride march, participants held up posters demanding labour rights and abortion rights, and chanted in solidarity with Palestine. As part of the ongoing struggle for the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships, Sri Lankan activists across generations are continuing to push back against state and societal oppression.

The fight to decriminalise same-sex relationships in Sri Lanka

Devana Senanayake

05 Feb 2025

Himal Southasian

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