- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Panama show a discernible level of opposition to LGBTQ+ rights among the population.
History
Homosexual activity in Panama is legal.
Since May 18, 2007
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Panama is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Panama is legal, but requires surgery.
Since 2006
In 2016, a transgender woman was able, through court permission, to change her legal name according to her gender identity, without the need to undergo surgery.
They need to undergo a visual inspection of their genitals by a doctor to get the change granted, which can be difficult and humiliating.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Panama is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Panama is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Panama is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Panama is no protections.
Since Oct 11, 1972
Same-sex adoption in Panama is illegal.
Since Mar 2021
Serving openly in military in Panama is n/a.
Blood donations by MSMs in Panama is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Panama is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Panama is equal.
Since Jul 31, 2008
LGBT Rights by province
View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Panama.
- Los Santos
- Panamá
- Veraguas
- Emberá (indigenous region)
- Ngöbe-Buglé (indigenous region)
- Kuna Yala (indigenous region)
Equality Rank
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