EQUAL GROUND

As part of EQUAL GROUND’s LGBTIQ Tourism Project a booklet outlining Q***r culture in Sri Lanka is being published as a resource for LGBTIQ travellers/tourists, we are looking to collect some important information. Read post above!

Please drop us a mail at [email protected] before May 21st 2026 to be included.

EQUAL GROUND හි LGBTIQ සංචාරක ව්‍යාපෘතියෙහි එක් අදියරක් ලෙස, ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ Q***r සංස්කෘතිය පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු ඇතුළත් පොත් පිංචක් LGBTIQ සංචාරකයන් සඳහා මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලෙස ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීමට නියමිතයි. ඒ සඳහා වැදගත් තොරතුරු කිහිපයක් අප විසින් එකතු කරමින් සිටිමු. වැඩිදුර විස්තර සඳහා ඉහත පළ කිරීම කියවන්න!

මෙම පොත් පිංචට ඇතුළත් වීමට, කරුණාකර 2026 මැයි 21 ට පෙර [email protected] හි අප වෙත ඊමේල් පණිවිඩයක් යොමු කරන්න.

EQUAL GROUNDன் LGBTIQ சுற்றுலாத் திட்டத்தின் ஒரு பகுதியாக, LGBTIQ பயணிகள்/சுற்றுலாப் பயணிகளுக்கான ஆதாரமாக, இலங்கையில் வினோதமான கலாச்சாரத்தை கோடிட்டுக் காட்டும் சிறு புத்தகம் வெளியிடப்படுகிறது, நாங்கள் சில முக்கியமான தகவல்களை சேகரிக்க உள்ளோம். மேலே உள்ள பதிவைப் படியுங்கள்!

21 மே 2026 க்கு முன், [email protected] என்ற மின்னஞ்சல் முகவரிக்கு அனுப்பவும்.

WE ARE HIRING!

Here is an opportunity to be part of our team! EQUAL GROUND is the oldest LGBTIQ organization in Sri Lanka and is currently on the look-out for TWO Assistant Projects Officers.

If you think these requirements match you, join us on our journey to secure the dignity and rights of the community!

Please send your CV’s at: [email protected] before the 18th May, 2026.

Dr Sean Perera’s debut novel, a Butterfly, writes Gratiaen Prize winner Dr Vihanga Perera, pushes past half-hearted representations of homosexual and homo-erotic energies that, over the past two decades have received global attention.
a Butterfly tells a coming-of-age story about a young gay Sri Lankan man in the seemingly cocooned safety of Australia, while homosexuality is punishable by law in his homeland, Sri Lanka. The protagonist’s name, Pathanga, which in Sanskrit means butterfly, is also pejorative slang for homosexual in Sri Lanka, where this novel originates. Written in four parts, a Butterfly narrates Pathanga’s family relationships, friendships, sexual awakening and most importantly explorations of himself.
Copies of a Butterfly are available from Sarasavi Sri Lanka bookstores.
Follow the author on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sean.per.era/
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So happy for Yohan Malik . Thanks Jed Brewer and Good Loud Media for supporting us and being an integral part of Colombo PRIDE’s open mic competition. Very proud of Yohan Malik and very proud that Colombo PRIDE gave Yohan a platform to shine!

Are you ready to shine too? Join us at Colombo PRIDE 2026 and enter our Open Mic Competition for a similar recording opportunity if you win!!

Seven weeks at Number One - Sunday Observer Last summer, Yohan Malik – a singer/songwriter from Colombo – did what countless young artists have done: entered an open mic competition. The first prize? A chance to record a…

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/

EQUAL GROUND, is currently organizing a one-day (approximately 6-hour) workshop on Cybersecurity Risk Management, tailored specifically for finance, audit, and risk management professionals (approx. 25 participants).

We are looking for a qualified resource person to conduct this session.

Key areas to be covered:
🔹 Cybersecurity risks in financial systems
🔹 The human element in cybersecurity
🔹 Threat assessment
🔹 Practical risk mitigation strategies

If you are interested or can recommend a suitable expert, please share the following details:

✔️ Name and professional qualifications - CV
✔️ Availability
✔️ Professional fees

Kindly reach out to us at your earliest convenience by emailing [email protected].

We appreciate your support and look forward to hearing from you.

“In this deeply moving episode of Older Q***r Voices, I sit down with Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, a le***an activist from Sri Lanka who has spent
decades fighting for dignity, equality and basic human rights in a country
where being q***r is still criminalised.

Her story is not just one of activism. It is about courage, about choosing to
return home when it would have been easier to stay away, and about building
movements where none existed. From founding Equal Ground to challenging systems that continue to silence LGBTQ+ lives, Rosanna reminds us what it means to stand firm in who you are.” Raga D’Silva.

The Views Room 1 like. "E28: OLDER Q***R VOICES - CRIMINALISED, NOT SILENCED"

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!

எங்கள் ஓபன் மைக் போட்டியில் கவனத்தை ஈர்க்கவும், உங்கள் திறமையை வெளிப்படுத்தவும்! நீங்கள் பாடினாலும், நடனமாடினாலும், மக்களை சிரிக்க வைத்தாலும், அல்லது டிராக் கலையை உயிர்ப்பித்தாலும், மேடையை சொந்தமாக்குவதற்கான வாய்ப்பு இதுவாகும். 🌈

வகைகள்:
இசை (குரல் அல்லது கருவி)
நடனம்
டிராக்
நகைச்சுவை

📅 21 ஜூன் 2026
🎟️ இலவச நுழைவு

எங்களுடன் சேருங்கள், பிரகாசிக்கும் வாய்ப்பை இழக்காதீர்கள். எங்கள் பயோவில் உள்ள இணைப்பைப் பயன்படுத்தி இப்போது பதிவு செய்யுங்கள்: https://forms.gle/LBgezG7i1GWBAdHy5

මෙම වටිනා අවස්ථාවේ ඔබගේ ප්‍රතිභාව විදහා දක්වමින් ඔබගේ දක්ෂතාවයන් ප්‍රදර්ශනය කිරීම සඳහා අපගේ විවෘත වේදිකාවේ තරඟ සමඟ එක්වන්න.

ඔබගේ ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම ගායනයක් වුවත්, නර්තනයක් වුවත්, කොමඩි නිර්මාණයක් වුවත්, ඩ්‍රැග් විලාසිතා අංගයක් වුවත්, මෙම වේදිකාව ඒ සඳහා වටිනා අවස්ථාවක් වනු ඇත !!

තරඟ අංග:
සංගීතය (ගායනය හෝ වාදන)
නර්තනය
ඩ්‍රැග්
කොමඩි

📅 2026 ජූනි 21
🎟️ ඇතුල්වීම නොමිලේ

අප සමඟ එකතු වෙන්න, සහ ඔබගේ හැකියාවන් කළ එලි දැක්වීමට ඇති මෙම වටිනා අවස්ථාව මග හැර නොගන්න. දැන්ම ලියාපදිංචි වන්න! ලියාපදිංචි වීම සඳහා: https://forms.gle/LBgezG7i1GWBAdHy5

Step into the spotlight and showcase your talent at our Open Mic Competition! Whether you sing, dance, make people laugh, or bring the art of drag to life, this is your chance to own the stage. 🌈

Categories:
Music (Vocal or Instrumental)
Dancing
Drag
Comedy

📅 21 June 2026
🎟️ FREE ENTRY

Join us and don't miss the chance to shine. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/LBgezG7i1GWBAdHy5