Omar van Reenen, the Glossary
Omar van Reenen (born) is a Namibian human rights activist who advocates for the rights of the LGBT community in Namibia.[1]
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38 relations: All People's Party (Namibia), Apartheid, Berlin Pride, Boston University, Coloureds, Constitution of Namibia, Decolonization, Egypt, Erongo Region, Grindr, Hage Geingob, Hitradio Namibia, Issuu, LGBT rights in Namibia, LGBTQ Nation, Namibia, Namibia Breweries Limited, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, Namibian Sun, New Era (Namibia), Non-binary gender, Popular Democratic Movement, President of Namibia, Pride Month, Recognition of same-sex unions in Namibia, Reuters, Same-sex marriage, Singular they, South West Africa, State University of New York at Oswego, Supreme Court of Namibia, The Guardian, Vice News, Walvis Bay, Washington Blade, Windhoek, Windhoek Observer, 2019 Namibian general election.
- LGBT rights activists
- People from Walvis Bay
All People's Party (Namibia)
The All People's Party (APP) is a political party in Namibia.
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Apartheid
Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.
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Berlin Pride
The Berlin Pride Celebration, also known as Christopher Street Day Berlin, or CSD Berlin, is a pride parade and festival held in the second half of July each year in Berlin, Germany to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people and their allies.
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Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Coloureds
Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.
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Constitution of Namibia
The Constitution of Namibia is the supreme law of the Republic of Namibia.
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Decolonization
independence. Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
Erongo Region
Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia.
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Grindr
Grindr is a location-based social networking and online dating application targeted towards gay and bisexual men, and transgender people.
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Hage Geingob
Hage Gottfried Geingob (3 August 1941 – 4 February 2024) was a Namibian politician who served as the third president of Namibia and Commander-in-Chief of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) from 2015 until his death in February 2024.
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Hitradio Namibia
Hitradio Namibia is the first and only German language private radio station in Namibia.
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Issuu
Issuu, Inc. (pronounced "issue") is a Danish-founded American electronic publishing platform based in Palo Alto, California, United States.
LGBT rights in Namibia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Namibia have expanded in recent years, although LGBT people still have limited legal protections.
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LGBTQ Nation
LGBTQ Nation is an American online news magazine headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
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Namibia Breweries Limited
Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) is a brewery founded in 1920 and based in Windhoek, Namibia.
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Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) (Namibiese Uitsaai-Korporasie, NUK) is the public broadcaster of Namibia.
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Namibian Sun
The Namibian Sun is a daily newspaper in Namibia.
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New Era (Namibia)
The New Era is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of Namibia.
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Non-binary gender
Non-binary and genderqueer are umbrella terms for gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary.
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Popular Democratic Movement
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes.
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President of Namibia
The president of the Republic of Namibia is the head of state and the head of government of Namibia.
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Pride Month
Pride Month, sometimes specified as LGBT Pride Month, is a monthlong observance dedicated to the celebration of LGBT pride, commemorating the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) culture and community.
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Recognition of same-sex unions in Namibia
Same-sex unions cannot be legally performed in Namibia.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex.
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Singular they
Singular they, along with its inflected or derivative forms, them, their, theirs, and themselves (also ''themself'' and theirself), is a gender-neutral third-person pronoun.
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South West Africa
South West Africa, renamed to Namibia from 12 June 1968, was a South African Province under South African administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia.
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State University of New York at Oswego
State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public university in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York.
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Supreme Court of Namibia
The Supreme Court of Namibia is the highest court in the judicial system of Namibia.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Vice News
Vice News (stylized as VICE News) is Vice Media's alternative current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and video through its website and YouTube channel.
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Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay (lit.; Walvisbaai; Walfischbucht or Walfischbai) is a city in Namibia and the name of the bay on which it lies.
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Washington Blade
The Washington Blade is an LGBT newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area.
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Windhoek
Windhoek is the capital and largest city of Namibia.
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Windhoek Observer
The Windhoek Observer is an English-language Saturday weekly newspaper, published in Namibia by Paragon Investment Holding.
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2019 Namibian general election
General elections were held in Namibia on 27 November 2019.
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See also
LGBT rights activists
- Amao Leota Lu
- Basira Paigham
- Bella Galhos
- Carolyn Brinkworth
- Charlot Jeudy
- Deborah Edel
- Della Aleksander
- Dorine Mokha
- Erin Greene
- Harrison Guy
- Judy Sheindlin
- Kalisito Biaukula
- Khalid Abdel-Hadi
- Lala Pasquinelli
- List of LGBT rights activists
- Lucia Plaváková
- Mary Lee Sargent
- Nur Sajat
- Omar van Reenen
- Rikki Nathanson
- Roberta Clarke
- Rue Landau
- Rukshana Kapali
- Ruth Bashall
- Shahla Humbatova
- Simon Maljevac
- Steve Ostrow
- The Lexington Six
- Toʻotoʻoaliʻi Roger Stanley
- Valery Wichman
- Victor Chikalogwe
- Zhanar Sekerbayeva
- Zhiar Ali
People from Walvis Bay
- Ben Amathila
- Derek Klazen
- Hafeni Ndemula
- Mohammed Stuart
- Neshani Andreas
- Niko Bessinger
- Omar van Reenen
- Otto Herrigel
- Top Cheri
- Uilika Nambahu