More than a million LGBTIQ in SrI lanka

According to study carried out by  Equal Ground , the LGBTIQ  organization the community its members are facing discrimination of all sorts. The latest research report Mapping LGBTIQ Identities in Sri Lanka shows that one in eight adults between the ages of 18-65 years in Sri Lanka identify as LGBTIQ.

 

Accordingly, the survey results showed that of the 4,019 individuals interviewed for the survey, 12% identified themselves as LGBTIQ; this can be projected to a total of 1,469,574 individuals within the projected base of persons between the ages of 18-65 in Sri Lanka.

Among them, 8% identified themselves as bisexual, 0.5% as gay, 0.5% as lesbian, 1% as transgender and 2% as other. The highest number of those identifying themselves as LGBTIQ was found between the ages of 18-29. Moreover, regionally in rural areas and at province level, the highest percentage of LGBTIQ people was found in the North Western and North Central provinces combined.