▁and ▁Maur it ius ▁have ▁implemented ▁anti - dis c rim ination ▁laws , ▁whereas ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁and ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁provide ▁support ▁for ▁trans sex ual ▁people . ▁The ▁law ▁in ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁is ▁leg ally ▁d orm ant . ▁ ▁The ▁entire ▁political ▁spectrum ▁of ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁supports ▁trans sex ual ▁and ▁third ▁gender ▁people . ▁A ▁Buddh ist ▁movement ▁and ▁the ▁IN C ▁both ▁open ly ▁support ▁reform ing ▁the ▁colonial ▁law ▁criminal izing ▁gay ▁sex , ▁but ▁the ▁remaining ▁parties ▁have ▁remained ▁silent ▁on ▁the ▁issue . ▁Nevertheless , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁polit icians ▁from ▁across ▁the ▁spectrum ▁have ▁taken ▁part ▁in ▁events ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁w elf are ▁of ▁hom osex uals ▁and ▁les bi ans . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁T amil ▁has ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁sexual ▁minor ities ▁stretch ing ▁back ▁thousands ▁of ▁years ▁to ▁the ▁arts ▁of ▁the ▁Sang am ▁period , ▁with ▁an ▁even ▁longer ▁history ▁if ▁former ▁inc arn ations ▁of ▁the ▁language ▁and ▁pe op les ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁included ; ▁several ▁ar che ological ▁finds ▁in ▁T amil ▁N adu ▁have ▁thrown ▁weight ▁behind ▁the ▁common ▁theory ▁that ▁the ▁Ind us ▁Valley ▁Civil ization ▁was ▁D rav id ian ▁and ▁Pre - T amil . ▁ ▁While ▁hom osex ual ity ▁has ▁been ▁criminal ized ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁T amil ' s ▁recent ▁history , ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁scholar ly ▁and ▁art istic ▁works ▁confir ms ▁the ▁libert ies ▁enjoyed ▁by ▁hom osex uals ▁and ▁third