https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7220g65xllo
'In a landmark ruling for gay rights campaigners, laws banning same-sex acts
between men have been ruled unconstitutional in Namibia.
Convictions for the colonial-era offences of "sodomy" and "unnatural sexual
offences" were rare but fuelled discrimination against gay men who lived in
fear of arrest.
No laws exist prohibiting sex between between women in Namibia.
Marrying someone of the same sex is still illegal in the southern African
nation.
But if a same-sex couple weds abroad and one of them is not a Namibian citizen,
their union is legally recognised.
After Friday's judgement was read out at a high court in the capital, Windhoek,
campaigners for the LGBTQ group Equal Namibia shared photos of people hugging
in court.
"Welcome to a new Namibia. A born-free Namibia," the group said on social
media.
The term "born-free" was most famously used in neighbouring South Africa to
describe the first generation of children growing up in the dawn of democracy
after white-minority rule ended in 1994.'
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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