The claim
A Sri Lankan school textbook introduces homosexuality to children through illustrations of families with two mothers or two fathers.
Original publisher’s rating
False
Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·
Read the original fact check ↗Original review summary
Fact Crescendo reports that the viral image was from a textbook at an international school in Egypt, not a Sri Lankan school textbook. It says the Sri Lankan education ministry’s media secretary confirmed that the page was not from a Sri Lankan textbook and that the new-reform modules do not contain the depicted family models.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review
Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026
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