Panama's Trans Community Struggles With Gender-Segregated Quarantine Days
This article is a summary of reporting by Gay City News. Originally published August 4, 2020.
As part of its quarantine regime, the Panamanian government instituted gender-segregated movement rules restricting public outings for men and women to alternating days of the week. Human rights advocates and members of the trans community highlighted how the enforcement of these rules led to discrimination, profiling, and harassment by law enforcement. The policy drew international attention to the social repercussions of strict quarantine guidelines in Central America.
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Panama's policy assigning alternating quarantine days based on gender created serious challenges for transgender citizens.
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