Namibia: MPs pass bills to reverse same-sex marriage lg - MambaOnle - Gay South Ai onle

Contents:

• SOUTH AI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• SOUTH AIN PARLIAMENT APPROV GAY MARRIAG
• NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG
• THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE SOUTH AI

SOUTH AI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

On 30 November 2006, the Civil Unn Act me to effect; allowg gay and lbian upl to eher marry or enter to a civil unn.

SOUTH AIN PARLIAMENT APPROV GAY MARRIAG

Same-sex upl ntue to face homophobic discrimatn om bs and dividuals, such as the now famo Beloftebos weddg venue the Wtern Cape. Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Argenta 2010Lat Ameri-CaribbeanFirst untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to marry.

Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed. Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns. Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995.

1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal.

NAMIBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROV ANTI-GAY LAW SPE URT LG

Image: REUTERS/Rogan Ward Rivona PillayGlobal Shaper, Tshwane Hub, Department of Water and Sanatn of South AiShare:Stay up to date:Human RightsLaws on homosexual activy around the world. The South Ain parliament Tuday overwhelmgly approved legislatn regnizg gay marriag — a first for a ntent where homosexualy is largely a vote of 230-41 wh three abstentns, the Natnal Assembly passed the Civil Unn Bill, a promise that rulted om months of heated public discsn. Both tradnalists and gay activists have cricized the measure, and there have been warngs that might be unnstutnal.

”One church lear Nigeria nounced the move as “satanic, ” reflectg the views on a eply nservative ntent where some untri are batg nstutnal amendments to ban same sex gay rights groups Europe hailed South Ai as a shg example of progrsivens. ” It do not specify whether they are heterosexual or homosexual also says marriage officers need not perform a ceremony between same-sex upl if dog so would nflict wh his or her “nscience, relign and belief. ”South Ai regnized the rights of gay people the nstutn adopted after apartheid end 1994 — the first the world to prohib discrimatn on the basis of sexual bill was drawn up orr to ply wh a Constutnal Court lg December 2005 that said existg marriage legislatn was unnstutnal for discrimatg agast same-sex urt gave the ernment a Dec.

'Opt-out' clse for mistersTo try to ease some of the ncerns, the drafters of the bill allowed both relig and civil officers to refe to marry same sex rights groups cricized this “opt-out” clse, sayg they should be treated the same as heterosexual general, they hailed the new measure as a “rejectn of prev attempts to renr lbian and gay people as send-class cizens. ”“It monstrat powerfully the mment of our lawmakers to ensurg that all human begs are treated wh digny, ” said Fikile Vilakazi of the Jot Workg Group, a natnal work of 17 gay and lbian anizatns. Vermont and Connecticut perm civil unns, and more than a dozen stat grant lser legal rights to gay upl.

THE FIRST GAY MARRIAGE SOUTH AI

This landmark lg was seen as a signifint step forward for the untry, where homosexualy is still crimalised. However, also sparked a wave of homophobic vrl and protts, particularly om anti-LGBTQ+ relig lears and policians, cludg the lg party SWAPO. While Cape Town tak the crown as the ‘gay-pal’ of South Ai, Johannburg do still offer a vibrant and diverse LGBTQ+ scene.

The scene here is que spread out, wh no ‘gay-village’ to speak of, like the Waterkant Cape Town. Other notable LGBTQ+ events clu the Pk Loerie Mardi Gras Knysna, held May; Durban Pri, held June; the Mr Gay South Ai event, held November; and the Out Ai Film Ftival, which occurs both Johannburg and Cape Town, ually September or October.

We packed our bags and left the UK January 2018 and set up our gay travel blog, The Globetrotter Guys. We are currently travellg the globe, documentg the bt luxury gay travel, adventure and liftyle. 14 — South Ai’s Parliament overwhelmgly voted today to legalize same-sex marriag, makg the natn the first Ai and the fifth the world to remove legal barriers to gay and lbian unns, acrdg to legislature voted after the natn’s hight urt led that South Ai’s marriag statut vlated the nstutn’s guarantee of equal rights.

Melanie Judge, program manager for OUT, a gay rights advocy group, noted that the Netherlands, Belgium, Spa and Canada were the only other untri to allow same-sex marriag natnwi.