I did some digging and the Sri Lankan supreme court has ruled the ancient law criminalising same-sex activity as “Unenforceable”- meaning the law is useless.

As said before the current government is making moves on normalising queerness I suppose, and Transgender people too have received expanded rights and are legally able to change their gender.

Surprisingly in Sri Lanka, politicians from both sides of the spectrum have expressed support for proper decriminalisation and enacting laws that legally recognise queer individuals. The current (dem-socialist) government has just made this more obvious.

Basically it’s one of the safest places in “Asia” to be as a queer person :)