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Region | Panama |
Issue | Right to change legal gender |
Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
Start Date | Jul 31, 2006 |
End Date | Mar 15, 2018 |
Description | Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006. They need to undergo a visual inspection of their genitals by a doctor to get the change granted, which can be difficult and humiliating. |
Sources | http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Transexuales-panamenos-tramitan-cedulas-mujer_0_3518648160.html http://docs.panama.justia.com/federales/leyes/31-de-2006-jul-31-2006.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/21/panamas-gender-based-lockdown-and-resilience-transgender-activism |
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Description | Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006. | Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006. They need to undergo a visual inspection of their genitals by a doctor to get the change granted, which can be difficult and humiliating. |
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Sources | http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Transexuales-panamenos-tramitan-cedulas-mujer_0_3518648160.html http://docs.panama.justia.com/federales/leyes/31-de-2006-jul-31-2006.pdf | http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Transexuales-panamenos-tramitan-cedulas-mujer_0_3518648160.html http://docs.panama.justia.com/federales/leyes/31-de-2006-jul-31-2006.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/21/panamas-gender-based-lockdown-and-resilience-transgender-activism |
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Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
Start Date | Jul 31, 2006 |
End Date | (none) |
Description | Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006. |
Sources | http://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Transexuales-panamenos-tramitan-cedulas-mujer_0_3518648160.html http://docs.panama.justia.com/federales/leyes/31-de-2006-jul-31-2006.pdf |
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- Status is not correct "Trans people can change their names without surgery, but not to change gender marker"