Timeline of LGBTQ history in Panama
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1513
- September 24: Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa executes around 40 indigenous people accused of having sexual relationships with people of the same sex in the Carecuá comarca, in the region corresponding to present-day Panama. The accused people were thrown to a group of war dogs that mauled them to death.[1][2][3]
20th century
1949
- May 20: Executive Decree N. 149 is issued, which criminalizes homosexuality (named in Article 12 of the decree with the term "sodomy")[4][5] with a prison term of three months to one year.[6]
1957
- Writer Tristán Solarte publishes the novel El ahogado, which features one of the most notable LGBTQ characters in Panamanian literature.[7]
1972
- Writer Agustín Del Rosario wins the Ricardo Miró National Literature Award with his homoerotic poetry book De parte interesada.[7]
1984
1996
- Writer Javier Stanziola wins the Ricardo Miró National Literature Award with his LGBTQ theater play De mangos y albaricoques.[9][10]
- June 29: The Asociación Hombres y Mujeres Nuevos de Panamá is created, which is considered the first LGBTQ organization in the history of the country, although they lacked official government recognition during their first few years.[11][12][13]
1998
- For the first time in history, LGBTQ people get authorization to participate in the official parade of the Panama Carnival. Conservative groups criticized this decision.[13][14]
