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LGBT rights in Namibia

Index LGBT rights in Namibia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Namibia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. [1]

26 relations: Cape Verde, Constitution of Namibia, Corrective rape, Gender identity, Germany, Government of Namibia, HIV/AIDS in Namibia, Human rights in Africa, Jerry Ekandjo, LGBT, LGBT rights in Africa, McHenry Venaani, Men who have sex with men, Mozambique, Namibia, Popular Democratic Movement, Sam Nujoma, Same-sex marriage, Same-sex marriage in South Africa, Sexual orientation, South Africa, Swakopmund, Teopolina Mushelenga, The Namibian, United Nations Human Rights Committee, Windhoek.

Cape Verde

Cape Verde or Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean.

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Constitution of Namibia

The Constitution of Namibia is the constitution of the Republic of Namibia.

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Corrective rape

Corrective rape is a hate crime in which one or more people are raped because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Gender identity

Gender identity is one's personal experience of one's own gender.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Government of Namibia

The Government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches.

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HIV/AIDS in Namibia

HIV/AIDS in Namibia is a critical public health issue.

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Human rights in Africa

Human rights as a legal concept is a relatively recent notion in Africa.

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Jerry Ekandjo

Jerry Lukiiko Ekandjo (born 17 March 1947.) is a Namibian politician and former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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LGBT rights in Africa

With the exception of South Africa, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Africa are very limited in comparison to many other areas of the world.

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McHenry Venaani

McHenry Venaani (born 8 September 1977) is a Namibian politician and the president of the Popular Democratic Movement, a party with five seats in the National Assembly of Namibia.

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Men who have sex with men

Men who have sex with men (MSM), also known as males who have sex with males, are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many such men do not sexually identify as gay, homosexual or bisexual.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique) is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Popular Democratic Movement

The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance and DTA of Namibia, is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes.

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Sam Nujoma

Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel "Sam" Nujoma, (born 12 May 1929) is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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Same-sex marriage in South Africa

Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act came into force on 30 November 2006.

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Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation is an enduring pattern of romantic or sexual attraction (or a combination of these) to persons of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or to both sexes or more than one gender.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Swakopmund

Swakopmund (German for "Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road.

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Teopolina Mushelenga

Teopolina Mushelenga (born 11 December 1957 in Omagola-Oshigambo, Oshikoto Region) is a Namibian politician.

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The Namibian

The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.

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United Nations Human Rights Committee

The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets three times a year for four-week sessions (spring session at UN headquarters in New York, summer and fall sessions at the UN Office in Geneva) to consider the five-yearly reports submitted by 169 UN member states on their compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ICCPR, and any individual petitions concerning 116 States parties to the Optional Protocol.

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Windhoek

Windhoek (Windhuk; ǀAiǁgams; Otjomuise) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia.

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Gay rights in Namibia, LGBT history in Namibia.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Namibia

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