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Phillip Lühl’s mother, and grandmother to the twins knits in a family member’s home a few hours before the family is due to hear the ruling from the High Court of Namibia on whether the Lühl-Delgado family can be reunited, Johannesburg, South Africa. The twins, who were born through surrogacy in South Africa, have not been granted travel documents to enter Namibia, where their other father, Guillermo and older brother, Yona, anxiously await their arrival. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter
ADOPTION

Namibian court rejects couple’s appeal to bring their babies home

A same-sex couple’s struggle to have their children via surrogacy granted citizenship in Namibia, where marriage between men is not yet legal, is being stonewalled at every turn

  • Chris de Beer-Procter
9 min read
(Mail & Guardian)
ANTI GAY LAWS

EDITORIAL: Nigerian law is the criminal, not gay people

Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent

  • Editorial
1 min read
Sexually and gender-diverse people in rural South Africa are excluded from the systems intended to support their mental health. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid
ASIA

Decriminalising same-sex sex is good for all of us

The entire history of penal codes that outlaw same-sex desire and sex is a history of oppression that can never be justified

  • Eusebius McKaiser
3 min read
Certain sections of the penal code impose a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment for consensual same-sex relations. (John McCann/M&G)
BOTSWANA

Botswana decriminalises homosexuality in historic judgment

‘The state cannot be the sheriff in people’s bedrooms’

  • Carl Collison
4 min read
A 2016 study by the organisation found that 44% of LGBTI people surveyed said they had experienced discrimination in the previous two years, and 88% hadn’t reported these incidents. (Reuters)
BISEXUAL

Where Kenya leads on queer rights, the rest of Africa must follow

Friday’s ruling could be a new landmark in the fight for queer rights on the continent

  • Chude Jideonwo
4 min read
A mixed bag for human rights in Southern Africa in 2019
GAY RIGHTS

Kenyan court due to rule on decriminalising same-sex relations

However, the LGBT community fears yet another postponement

  • Fran Blandy
3 min read
The students from Indian Institute of Technology campuses across the country have challenged section 377
AGENCY

India reviews same-sex ban

In 2009 the Delhi High Court effectively decriminalised same-sex intercourse, saying a ban violated fundamental rights

  • Agency
2 min read