Compare LGBT Rights in Jamaica & Panama

Equality Index ?
21 / 100
38 / 100
Legal Index ?
24 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
30 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1864
Legal
Since 2008
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2011
Banned
Since 1994
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1972
Gender-affirming careUnknownUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2008
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2002
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2018
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2018
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 2017
Illegal
Since 2021
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryLegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousBanned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2008
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