The followg is an terview wh Iván Chanis Barahona, a lawyer and human rights activist currently servg as print of Fundación Igual, a non-prof anizatn based Panama that promot human rights and rpect for diversy. The terviewer is Cristian González Cabrera, a rearcher the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, where he foc on Lat Ameri and the Caribbean.
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LGBT Rights Panama: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay rights panama *
HistoryHomosexual activy Panama?
Homosexual activy Panama is legal. Foreign same-sex marriag regnized onlyCourt lg pendg on legalizatn of gay unns, Marriage.
Durg the first two s of the 21st century Lat Ameri has experienced chang the expansn of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ+) rights and polici: crimalisatn of homosexualy, anti-discrimatn statut and the right to serve the ary, and same-sex marriage and unns (Corral, 2020). Panama was the last Lat Amerin natn to crimalise homosexualy 2008 (Executive Decree Nº 332) and do not have any specific law to protect LGBTIQ+ people agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. In fact, the ternal regulatn of the Natnal Police and the Fire Department targets the practice of homosexualy and lbianism publicly (Executive Decre Nº 204 and Nº 113 rpectively).
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The protts of human rights anisatns were viewed wh disda by the erng class, wh a Senator om the lg party statg, “They are gay, they nnot enter the natnal assembly” (TVN Noticias, 2019). (2013) Internatnal Influence, Domtic Activism, and Gay Rights Argenta. The terviewer is Cristian González Cabrera, a rearcher the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Rights Program at Human Rights Watch, where he foc on Lat Ameri and the Caribbean.
Panama’s Mistry of Public Secury announced last month that had orred secury forc to avoid discrimatg agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) people unr s Covid-19 polici – an important acknowledgment of the rights of transgenr people the untry and the abe they have faced durg the panmic. * gay rights panama *
While a diverse group of activists protted outsi the Natnal Assembly, Deputy Jairo “Bolota” Salazar addrsed the crowd and said, “they are gay, and they nnot enter [the buildg].
In July, the Panamanian ernment took an important step forward support of the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people.
In s lg, the urt said that 'no matter how many chang happen realy,' gay marriag lack 'nventnal and nstutnal regnn.' * gay rights panama *
Rpondg to acts of discrimatn durg the genr-based quarante, five ernment mistri and the Ombudsperson’s Office issued a statement that said, “the Natnal Government rejects any type of hostily, vlence, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia or discrimatn[.
LGBT Rights Los Santos, Panama: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay rights panama *
Panama is disregardg the many ways gay and lbian upl the untry are legally disadvantaged.
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In July 2020, five ernment mistri and the Ombudsperson’s Office issued a statement that said, “the Natnal Government rejects any type of hostily, vlence, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia or discrimatn[. Panama’s Mistry of Public Secury announced last month that had orred secury forc to avoid discrimatg agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) people unr s Covid-19 polici – an important acknowledgment of the rights of transgenr people the untry and the abe they have faced durg the panmic. Durg the COVID-19 panmic, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) persons reported harassment by ernment and private secury forc.
Rearcher, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Rights Program. LGBTQ+ rights Ameris In s lg, the urt said that 'no matter how many chang happen realy, ' gay marriag lack 'nventnal and nstutnal regnn.
The urt, however, said, "no matter how many chang happen realy, " for now gay marriage "lacks nventnal and nstutnal regnn.
A 1947 law crimalizg homosexualy was repealed 2008 after protts by New Men and New Women of Panama, the only openly gay anizatn the untry. Same-sex marriag, however, are not regnized. The untry has a relatively large LGBT mun * gay rights panama *
Newsletter LE MONDE IN ENGLISH Every morng, a selectn of articl om Le Mon In English straight to your box Sign up Wh the Febary 16 lg, the Panamanian jtice system "has rejected the regnn of the digny of same-sex upl and their right to build a fay Panama, " Ivan Chanis, print of the gay rights anizatn Fundacn Igual, told AFP.