It's been a year since the High Court of Namibia struck down discriminatory laws that criminalised consensual sexual relations between men.

To mark the occasion this Pride, we spoke with Friedel about how the past year has been for him, his reflections as his Court of Appeal date nears, and what Pride means to him personally.

The pioneering legal case, brought by a prominent and respected LGBT activist, Friedel Dausab, challenged the compatibility of the criminal laws with fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution of Namibia.

In their judgment, the three-judge bench of the High Court of Namibia ruled that the laws amounted to unfair discrimination and were therefore unconstitutional and invalid.

Last summer, the government of Namibia filed an appeal against the High Court judgment in the Supreme Court of Namibia. To learn more about Friedel’s case, read the case summary.