Panama
June 16, 2020
Panama Took Positive Step on Transgender People’s Rights
Panama’s Ministry of Public Security announced last month that it had ordered security forces to avoid discriminating against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people under its Covid-19 policies – an important acknowledgment of the rights of transgender people in the country and the abuse they have faced during the pandemic.
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LGBT RightsWe respectfully write to express our concern over some cases of discrimination that have recently occurred on the part of police and private security guards against transgender people in the context of Panama’s gender-based quarantine currently in force.
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Panama Took Positive Step on Transgender People’s Rights
Security Forces Ordered Not to Discriminate in Covid-19 Quarantine
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Panama: Government Takes Step to End Quarantine Gender Discrimination
Protect Transgender People From Police, Security Guard Abuse
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Panama’s Gender-Based Quarantine Ensnares Trans Woman
Trans-Sensitive Police Protocol Needed to Prevent Harassment
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Panamanians Protest Proposed Ban on Marriage Equality
Amendment Would Define Marriage as Between a Man and a Woman
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