{"id":14283,"date":"2026-06-29T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/?p=14283"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T13:22:42","slug":"panama-pride-march-highlights-legal-battles-for-equal-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/events-culture\/panama-pride-march-highlights-legal-battles-for-equal-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Pride March Highlights Legal Battles for Equal Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thousands of people took over the historic streets of Panama City on Saturday for the annual Pride March. The event carried the theme “We Are All Panama“<\/strong>,<\/strong> pushing a message of national unity and respect for diversity. Activists used the gathering to highlight ongoing legal battles for LGBT rights in Panama<\/a>. The march snaked through the cobblestone paths of Casco Antiguo Panama<\/a>, a UNESCO World Heritage site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colorful flags and banners turned the colonial district into a sea of rainbow colors. Participants chanted for equality while tourists and locals watched from balconies and sidewalks. Franklin Robinson, a long-time LGBT activist, spoke directly to the crowd about the country’s current reality. He did not hold back his frustration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Panama is a country that is calm, yes, but we deserve to have the same rights that other people have to live in a free and equal country’ [Translated from Spanish]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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