Queer Namibians pin hopes on progressive court ruling as Parliament moves to curtail rights
A High Court ruling in June is expected to overturn the colonial-era sodomy law that is used to police and discriminate against the queer community.
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A High Court ruling in June is expected to overturn the colonial-era sodomy law that is used to police and discriminate against the queer community.
%%title%% %%sep%% %%primary_category%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% %%sep%% Swapo backbencher Jerry Ekandjo says Namibia should not allow Western culture to influence its citizens by accepting homosexual acts.
A coalition of InterPride member organizations and other LGBTQ Pride and rights groups led by the Reverend Troy Perry’s call to action announced the first-ever Africa Pride that is timed with the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The gay community is optimistic that the Namibian Constitution will prevail as the fate of the private member’s bills, introduced by Swapo lawmaker Jerry Ekandjo to prohibit gay marriages and criminalise homosexuality, hangs in uncertainty.
From a karaoke-singing paramedic on a boat in Bangladesh to a proud campaigner for a queer museum in Namibia, these are some of the figures who raised our hopes for humanity