Equal Ground is a non-profit advocacy organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that campaigns for political, social and civilian rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), intersex and queer individuals.

Queer groups in Sri Lanka have frequently stated that some of their members have been subjected to harassment—by blackmail or by threats with exposition or arrest—by police and other people, using the legal provision.

[10] This is mainly because consensual same-sex sexual acts and intimacy are deemed to be unnatural and thus considered a criminal offense that can earn up to ten years of prison under Sri Lanka's current constitution.

[12] However, recent activity has seen a level of success, with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruling the Section 365 & 365A of the Penal Code unenforceable by law in 2017, and the state announced in 2016 that transgender individuals were legally permitted to change to their preferred gender identity following medical approval.

Soon after, in November 2021, Equal Ground along with other queer advocacy groups and lawmakers, filed a petition at the Court of Appeal seeking a Writ of Prohibition against a training programme for the police conducted by a popular counsellor named Ama Dissanayake, where she made "malicious, erroneous, and discriminatory remarks" about LGBTIQ persons.