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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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Revision History (3)
edited by Notdog1996. Fixing the date
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| End Date | (NONE) | Mar 15, 2018 |
edited by Notdog1996
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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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| Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jul 31, 2006 |
| End Date | now |
| 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 |
Reports (1)
- Status is not correct "Trans people can change their names without surgery, but not to change gender marker"