Namibia: LGBTQI+ Community Statement On Violence Against Members

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community in Namibia hereby expresses our deep concern over the deadly violence meted out to members of our community in recent months.

Community activists and allies at a meeting at Swakopmund in the Erongo region today expressed their disdain over the recent spike in incidents of violence that shook the country.

While homosexuality itself is not illegal in Namibia, common law criminalises sodomy, which leads to…