Herrera is governed by federal Panama law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- N/A
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Herrera is legal.
Current status
Since Jul 29, 2008
Legal
Jan 1, 1513–Jul 29, 2008
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Prior to the Spanish colonization of Panama, no laws governed Panamanian soil. History of indigenous Guna showed acceptance of third gender individuals, known as omeggid akin to LGBT folks in modern day society. Some Guna today are accepting of homosexuality. In 1513, Panama was incorporated into New Spain and had it's territories part of a viceroyalty, becoming a province of the Spanish empire, recieving the same rights as any other province in Peninsular Spain, bearing the brunt of colonial anti-sodomy laws in place at the time.
Same-sex marriage in Herrera is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Dec 12, 2018
Unrecognized
Article 58 of the 1972 constitution defined marriage as a different-sex union. In 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the American convetion on Human rights mandates the recognition of same-sex marriage, recommending that countries issue decrees until legislation was brought into place. In March 2023, after seven years of delay the court ruled that there is no positive right to same-sex marriage in Panama under the constitution, halting any potential change for the time being through the courts.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Herrera is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Panama, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Herrera is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since Jul 25, 2006
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2006, transgender individuals have been able change their legal gender and name after undergoing gender affirming surgery and potentially humilitating doctor's inspection as reported by some trans activists, according to Article 121 of The Civil Registry Law (Law No. 31).
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.
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.
Legal, but requires surgery
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.
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 Herrera is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Panama does not recognize genders other than male and female.
LGBT employment discrimination in Herrera is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Herrera is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Herrera is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Herrera is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Serving openly in military in Herrera is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Doesn't have military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Herrera is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
LGBT Panamanians and foreigners are ineligible to donate blood in Panama.
Conversion therapy in Herrera is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not preformed. Conversion therapy ban pending.
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