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and that's what they say here.

You can do your own thing, just as long as you're not in my face.

Don't bring that stuff here.

I'm very sensitive about pronouns.

It's she, and that's it. and my mom is one of the people that would

deliberately use the he pronoun or use my biological names because she knows I

don't want it done. I never wanted to accept that even at school I hated people that looked gay that

acted gay or that identified as gay. It took me about 10 years to accept

myself.

Homosexuality in Africa is a hot topic.

Hardly a week goes by without reports of repression, persecution or resistance.

Some countries like Nigeria and Uganda are regularly in the news.

Others, like Namibia, are almost never heard about.

Sodomy is illegal there, but homosexuality is not.

But does that safeguard the rights of those who choose to live and love differently to others?

My name is Audrey Brown and I've come to Namibia for the BBC to meet some of the people

struggling for the right to express more than one kind of love.

My name is Keith Freese. I'm a 24-year-old Namibian that works as a free-lunch journalist and writing consultant. I live by

my own rules generally, but I'm a sensible human being, very compassionate and ready to live. And you're a gay man. I am also a gay man, yes. And what does that mean in Namibia?

Well I mean I'm able to date a guy if I like him here, you know, I might not kiss him in a restaurant or in a club or whatever, but people will know, some will avoid you, some will be like, oh hey, I heard you dating another guy, da da da.

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