The LGBTQIA+ community in Jaffna held their fifth annual Pride Walk, under the theme “We Exist For Each Other".
The walk, organised by the Jaffna Transgender Network, began outside the iconic Jaffna Public Library and proceeded along Hospital Road and Pannai Road before ending at Jaffna Fort.
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community, human rights activists, civil society representatives, and members of the public joined the walk to call for equality and to end all forms of discrimination.
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