The day celebrates diversity, raises awareness of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTQ+) people and is this year being celebrated under the theme, 'Breaking the Silence', according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Nthengwe said Outright Namibia's main goal is to decolonise the Constitution so that it recognises the full humanity of the LGBTQ+ and other minority communities.

Ombudsman John Walters said Namibia has made no progress in terms of fighting homophobia nor amending laws to give justice to the rainbow community, which is subjected to harassment.

Walters, during the handover of the N$900 000 grant to ORN from Germany, said Namibia's Constitution does not have provisions to allow the criminal law to act on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community or to defend them.

A submission at the Universal Periodic Review of Namibia (UPR), a few years ago, states that although homosexuality is not illegal per se, sex between two males is illegal under the common sodomy law provisions that Namibia inherited at independence as part of Roman-Dutch law.