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Tens of thousands of people flocked to Birmingham in May as the the city celebrated its 17th Gay Pride festival. This year's theme was Equality and Freedom around the World, highlighting the inequalities and injustices suffered by gay communities across the globe including countries such as Uganda, Nigeria and Jamaica. Many live secret lives in fear of the consequences of being openly gay because of intolerance. In this extract Â鶹Éç WM’s Chatback presenter Nikki Tapper speaks to Ricardo who is one half of the first gay married couple living in Namibia where homosexuality is illegal…