Human rights activist Jholerina Khoetage Timbo and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) activist Wendelinus Hamutenya-Jeremiah have welcomed the appointment of France’s first openly gay prime minister Gabriel Attal last week. Attal was appointed by French president Immanuel Macron after the resignation of former prime minister Elisabeth Borne. “It is important to...
NDN Staffer WINDHOEK, November 22 — Namibia’s High Court is on track to deliver a landmark judgment in May that could lead to the decriminalization of gay sex in the southern African nation. The case, initiated by LGBTQIA+ advocate Friedel Dausab, contends that the criminalization of sodomy and related offences is unconstitutional. The court heard...
NG Kerk verdeeld oor gay huwelike Plaaslike media berig dat die kwessie van gay huwelike struwelinge in die NG Kerk in Namibië veroorsaak. Volgens die Afrikaanse dagblad Republikein sal die altesaam 44 NG gemeentes in Namibië teen Maart 2025 finaal moet besluit of hulle instem dat die sinode van Namibiese NG-gemeentes van die algemene sinode...
Mauritius dekriminaliseer gay seks, Ekandjo gryp na Bybel Mauritius se hoogste hof het in ‘n landmerk-uitspraak gay seks gedekriminaliseer en sê die verbod weerspieël die koloniale era, eerder as inheemse Afrika-waardes. Die gay man wat die saak aanhangig gemaak het, sê hy is “nou vry om sonder vrees lief te hê wie ek wil”. Die...
Mauritius dekriminaliseer gay seks, Ekandjo gryp na Bybel Mauritius se hoogste hof het in ‘n landmerk-uitspraak gay seks gedekriminaliseer en sê die verbod weerspieël die koloniale era, eerder as inheemse Afrika-waardes. Die gay man wat die saak aanhangig gemaak het, sê hy is “nou vry om sonder vrees lief te hê wie ek wil”. Die...
The rights organistion Equal Namibia plans to take legal action over bills that change the definition of the term “spouse” and amend the Marriage Act of 1961 to block the recognition of same-sex marriage in Namibia. Omar van Reenen, the organisation’s campaign manager, says if president Hage Geingob signs these bills into law, the organisation...
A court in Nigeria has granted bail to 69 people who were arrested last month after a raid on what the police described as a “gay wedding”. Like in most African countries homosexuality is widely viewed as immoral in Nigeria. The country has strict laws against same-sex marriage. A defence lawyer told BBC Africa that...
Nam baklei oor gay gades, SA pas Kinderwet aan vir gay-huwelike Terwyl Namibiërs nog baklei oor die erkenning van buitelandse gades in gay-huwelike met Namibiese burgers, is die buurland besig om werklike kwessies van gelykheid uit te stryk. Die Konstitusionele Hof het Artikel 40 van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kinderwet ongrondwetlik en ongeldig verklaar. Die hof het...