A campaign has been launched urging the President of Namibia, Nangolo Mbumba, to veto the discriminatory anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Parliament last year. Through a petition on All Out, thousands of people have condemned the legislation that seeks to further limit the rights of LGBTQI+ Namibians and has fuelled a spike in deadly queerphobic hate crimes. The bill was introduced in Parliament in response to a May 2023 ruling by the country’s Supreme Court ordering the state to recognise same-sex marriages concluded abroad, which would grant residence to foreign same-sex spouses of Namibians. The ruling sparked backlash from religious leaders and politicians, leading to a series of protests. In September 2023, a bill to annul the Supreme Court’s ruling and explicitly ban any same-sex marriage in Namibia was overwhelmingly passed.