Namibia: court cancels nationality of child of same-sex couple

A Namibian court on Monday overturned a decision granting citizenship to the son of a gay couple, the latest step in a legal battle over the children of gay surrogate parents.

In Namibia, homosexuality is still illegal, although the 1927 sodomy law is rarely enforced today.

Yona, now four years old, was born to a surrogate mother in South Africa. Namibian Phillip Lühl and his Mexican partner Guillermo Delgado are both listed on the…