Bayron van Wyk

Bayron van Wyk is a 2022 Minority Africa fellow from Namibia. van Wyk’s life journey began in the small town of Rehoboth in southern Namibia where he was born. As a child, he struggled with his sexuality because of the stigma associated with being openly gay. It took him a long while to accept who he was and to be comfortable with his own sexuality. He is a human rights activist, writer and scholar interested in LGBTIQA+, environmental and climate change issues. Currently, van Wyk is studying in Cape Town, South Africa. His work focuses on LGBTIQA+ organizing in Namibia and through his work, he hopes to bring about more social justice for LGBTIQA+ persons living in Namibia.

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Participants at the Genocide Memorial Stone before starting with the cleanings.
“They died for us”: The people tending to the graves of Namibia’s colonial genocide victims
A young woman having a presentation on climate change and possible solutions with a climate change poster in the background.
Climate change education: Teach large corporations to protect the environment

Namibia’s efforts at curbing sexual and gender based violence remain ineffective without the inclusion of LGBT persons