Abstract:
Transgender is a hidden and a 'tortured' sexual minority which is invisible within the
larger hetero-normative value oriented Sri Lankan context due to the lack of support
from the wider social, cultural and legal fields, 'f here is relatively little written by social
science scholars regarding LGBT identity in Sri Lanka. Among what is available, only
a few directly address the issue of transgender identity. Much of this literature also
focuses on sex workers and not on ordinary persons living in society as transgender
individuals. Within this context, I conducted a qualitative study using ten case studies
of those living with a transgender identity including six transgender women and four
transgender men in the Sri Lankan urban context.
