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Colombo Pride is an annual LGBTQ+ pride celebration held in Sri Lanka, chiefly hosted by Equal Ground, along with other queer rights advocacy groups since 2005. [1] [2] Although being mostly unpopular during the 2010s, the post COVID-19 period and subsequent socio-political crises paved the way for a larger, week-long celebration in 2022, with a three-day film festival titled "Abhimani", a ...
1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1]16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota.
Thinakkural is a Tamil newspaper published in Sri Lanka. It was founded by Pon Rajagobal, former editor of Virakesari in 1997. [1] There have reported number of attempts to force the paper to stop its distribution in recent times. [1] [2] [3] [4]
1998: The event's attendance continued to grow through the years, hitting an estimated 14,000 people. 2004: More than 80,000 people attended the Pride parade in 2004 in Columbus, ranking it second ...
WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — A driver slammed into spectators Saturday evening at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one man and seriously injuring another, authorities said
When did Pride Month begin? The Stonewall Uprising took place on June 28, 1969, in New York City. At the time, police would frequently raid gay bars and harass the queer community, as there were ...
Thinakaran is a daily Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka. It is published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. Its sister newspaper are Sunday Observer, Silumina, Dinamina and Daily News. The daily newspaper has a circulation of 50,000 and its Sunday version, Thinakaran Varamanjari, 70,000 per issue. [1] [2]
A pride parade (also known as pride event, pride festival, pride march, or pride protest) is an event celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer social and self-acceptance, achievements, legal rights, and pride. The events sometimes also serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage.