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@omarvanreenen

they/them| Civil Rights Activist | Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award Laureate | Co-Founder @equalnamibia | Fighting for what’s right, is always worth it. ✊🏽

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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
To every queer youth watching: you are deserving of every chance and opportunity to pursue and achieve your dreams and destiny. You belong. Namibia, this one is for you. Together, we will build an #equalNamibia for us all. 🏳️‍⚧️🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈
Kofi Annan Foundation@KofiAnnanFdn

Congratulations to @omarvanreenen, the 2024 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize winner! For Omar, defending democracy is a calling: "Defending democracy is not just a choice for me, but it is a necessity, and it is the calling of my generation." Discover part of their finalist video, in which they emphasize that fighting for democracy requires an unwavering, long-term commitment. ⤵ #YoungActivists #Democracy #FutureofDemocracy #KANextGenPrize

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Gerard@GerardDalbon·
Yesterday we met six LGBTQ groups in Havana at Callejon de Hamel, an Afro-Cuban public cultural community center, to deliver several suitcases of medical aid and solar panels. Members discussed the impacts of the blockade on Cuba and performed a drag show for the community. 🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈
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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
The way queer Kenyans are registering to vote and queering the ballot is so yummy. This is queer democracy in action, and when we vote, we WIN! Well done @galckplus and @NGLHRC
galck+@galckplus

galck+ TUKO KADI, JE WEWE? This is what community looks like when we choose to be counted. If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it. Register. Show up. Be part of the story. @NGLHRC over to you! Show us what you got! 💋🏳️‍🌈🇰🇪 #TukoKadi #QueeringTheBallotII #RegisterToVote

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eNCA@eNCA·
As the country marks Human Rights Day, the LGBTQI+ community is calling on government to do more than simply acknowledge rights. #eNCA's Hloni Mtimkulu reports from Pretoria.
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EDHUB🌍ℹ@eddie_wrt·
Rev. Faustina Araba Forson, mother of Ghanaian transgender musician Angel Maxine, has called on parents of LGBTQ children to oppose the proposed Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025. Speaking on the issue, she argued that LGBTQ individuals are “born, not made,” and raised concerns over provisions in the bill that could compel parents to report their own children. She further urged mothers to unite and defend their children against stigma and discrimination.
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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
Homophobia is the only Western import to Africa. Bigotry against a minority group are what brings religious right wing extremists to the table, instead of loving your neighbor as the bed rock of Christianity & Islam. That message of love is what Queers send more to this world
Reuters@Reuters

Exclusive: Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a US-based ‘pro-family’ group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters reut.rs/4lsIcvE

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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
If only Jerry Ekandjo and Albert Kawana were in office today, to draft a bill to build a bridge & pass it, as quick & as passionately they did the 4 unconstitutional anti-LGBTQI+ bills in 2024. I guess infrastructure development is not a bread-and-butter issue as homosexuality is
NBC Digital News@NBCDigitalNews

Learners from Shingunguma Primary School in the Ohangwena Region had to carry bags of maize meal for their school feeding programme yesterday, as the delivery truck was unable to reach the school due to floodwaters surrounding it. The school principal, Grace Musheko, explained that they had no option but to make use of senior primary learners to deliver the bags to the school premises under teacher supervision. Musheko added that the majority of learners and staff members pass through deep and cold water to and from school daily. Ndapanda Shuuya Visuals: Contributed #NBCNews #nbcdigitalnews #nbcDSTV282 #nbcGOtv20 #nbcplusapp

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In this political economy???
In this political economy???@TumiD_·
He also organised South Africa's first Pride March in '90, and worked hard to ensure that LGBTQI people were included in our constitutional framework. An intersectional LQBTQ icon 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾
History ZAR@HistorySAZAR

Simon Nkoli (1957 - 1998) was a South African anti-apartheid and gay rights activist, imprisoned between 1984–1987 during the Delmas Treason Trial. Arrested for his involvement in anti-apartheid politics with the UDF and COSAS, Nkoli famously came out to his fellow activists while in prison, challenging both the apartheid state and the liberation movement's stance on sexuality. Source: Anti-Apartheid Legacy/SAHO/Wikipedia

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In Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, and Namibia, these anti-LGBTQI+ laws are passed because we really do scare them. Our existence is a mirror, a truth that shakes them. That queers are the closest thing to African culture and tradition, than an imported religion used to vilify us.
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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
We’re still going to exist. African queers are not criminals in their homelands. None of these laws existed before colonization came to erase our histories, what a shame on lawmakers who couldn’t spend an ounce of their energy passing laws that actually matter.
Reuters@Reuters

Lawmakers in Senegal endorsed a new bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex acts to 10 years and criminalizing efforts to promote homosexuality, with fines of over $17,700 reut.rs/4rpvQpy

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Rightify Ghana@RightifyGhana·
Parliament Opens Public Submissions on Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ Bill — Human Rights Defenders Urged to Respond Memo should be addressed to the Clerk to the Committee and submitted via legalcluster@parliament.gh. ⌛️ Deadline for submissions: 20 March 2026, rightifyghana.org/2026/03/11/par…
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Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski·
Trans rights are human rights. Thank you, Wembley. 🏳️‍⚧️
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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
And good morning to our FUTURE Supreme Court Chief Justice 💗
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center@EJSCenter

How many women serve as Chief Justice across Africa's 54 nations? Five. 🇿🇦 Chief Justice Mandisa Maya 🇳🇬 Chief Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun 🇰🇪 Chief Justice @CJMarthaKoome 🇷🇼 Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa 🇲🇺 Chief Justice Rehana Mungly-Gulbul On this International Day of Women Judges, we celebrate each one of them and call for many more women judges to rise to the highest seats of justice across the continent. @RwandaJudiciary @Kenyajudiciary @OCJ_RSA #InternationalDayOfWomenJudges #WomenJudges #Africa #AccessToJustice #EJSCenter

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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
A while back, in Gauteng a Pastor was taken to the Human Rights Commission for bullying, humiliating and harassing a little boy who was “soft” & effeminate. There was no outcry to “protect the children” from this party. But the moment CPT is praised for its safe haven… Eish.
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OVR 🇳🇦🏳️‍🌈♀️@omarvanreenen·
We need to extend grace and understanding to Political Parties like the ACDP- a party that supports the genocide of Palestinians. Because they have no policy solutions besides bigotry. Our existence is their only plight. And that’s really sad.
Mambaonline@Mambaonline

The African Christian Democratic Party is furious after Cape Town was named the World’s Best LGBTQ Travel Destination. The party calls it "misguided" and "promoting immorality." mambaonline.com/2026/03/10/acd…

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linkedin puss@purehijabey·
I’m rooting for the LGBTQIA+ community in Botswana and Namibia.
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Phatsimo 👑💕@Queen_Phatsi·
Did you all listen to the shocking discussion on @DumaFM this morning? Some callers were focused on religion (Christianity), saying that same-gender relationships should not exist, but they didn’t really give clear reasons. What surprised me even more was someone suggesting that there should be a law to jail people for being gay. This is exactly why many people hide who they are, because they fear being judged or rejected by society. I really appreciated how the host on Duma FM handled the conversation with respect and professionalism. At the end of the day, we all have rights. People have different beliefs, and it doesn’t mean we should dehumanise gays and lesbians and take away their rights. Thank you
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