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A Queer Guide To Panama City
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This gay travel guide is your passport to exploring Panama City through a queer lens, discovering its LGBTQ+ friendly spaces, events, and experiences that will make your visit truly unforgettable.
Panama City has get more tolerant of Gay life over the last 10 years, and is now a place that same-sex couples will appreciate visiting. It’s not necessarily a place where you will see couples holding hands in public nor is same-sex marriage legal, but this hasn’t stopped a strong queer group of locals and foreigners to be out and proud! There is now a huge yearly self-acceptance parade that takes place in Casco Viejo, lots of gay-friendly establishments, and overall so many singular experiences to have in Panama.
Does Panama City have a male lover neighborhood?
Via Argentina is the unofficial “gayborhood” in Panama City. It’s not super gay, but is the most funky neighborhood in Panama City so you find a little bit of everything here. The main avenue of Via Argentina has several cafés, bakeries, small bars, and a park to maintain a visitor entertained, so it can be a great option for people tha
Our gay Bocas Del Toro travel guide is an essential read for all LGBTQ travelers to Panama, setting out the leading gay hotels to remain, where to go out, where to eat, what to do, and more.
Two gay boys hanging out on Bluff beach with no one around, except a few friendly Golden Retrievers, the palm trees and the gorgeous backdrop of the Caribbean.
Sounds prefer heaven right? We renowned Stefan's birthday in Bocas del Toro in Panama, an area with a wide mix of people who do not concern about your sexuality. We found it to be very relaxed, with an incredibly tolerant and kind vibe. Many LGBTQ ex-pats have even chosen Bocas as a place to exist or set up a new business, so there's a handful of gay-owned places here to check out too.
Bocas town is widespread with backpackers and surfers, which gives it a hippie-like vibe. We chose to base ourselves further up the island at Bluff Beach, away from all the crowds.
We absolutely loved our holiday at Bluff Beach and definitely recommend it to other LGBTQ travelers looking for a private and romantic slice of Caribbean paradise. We've collated all our findings of the best things to see and execute in Bocas del Toro in this
Our gay travel guide to Panama city: find out about the gay scene, the best gay bars and clubs, things to do, gay hotels, protection tips, and more.
…and God said, “Let there be sexy people”, so he created Panamanians!
Wise words from the Bible itself according to our gay friends Luis and Mario from Panama City…
Panama City is often nicknamed The Dubai of Latin America because of its immense economic growth in recent years and striking dense skyline. But unlike Dubai, this mighty Latin American metropolis has a far more welcoming queer life, in a region where although culturally conservative, is constantly striving for LGBTQ equality.
Most will associate Panama Metropolis with the famous canal, which is a reason alone to visit. The city is also the gateway to some gorgeous tropical beaches within Panama, enjoy San Blas and gay friendly Bocas del Toro. We stayed in Panama City for a week and loved it. It's full of things to do, plenty of trendy bars, but most importantly, we left with a thirst to return for more. It's also a useful destination because it's one of the major transport hubs in Main America.
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If you have not yet been to Panama it is an absolute must. We only spent ten days in Panama and were pleasantly surprised to find gay owned hotels (like this luxury boutique in Bocas Del Toro) and a great queer scene in the Panama City itself.
We met up with Roberto Broce in Panama City to detect our more about ‘gay Panama’ and find out if Panama is same-sex attracted friendly.
Who is Roberto? ‘Hi! My name’s Roberto Broce, I’m 26 years elderly and I work as a marketing analyst for the Innovation Centre of a foundation here in Panama called Ciudad del Saber. I’ve been travelling for 10 years living in almost every continent around the world, partaking in several social causes in places like China and Australia. I prefer kitesurfing, astronomy, and adventure travelling. !”
Based on our discussion, we have set together the below mini gay travel guide to Panama
Is Panama Gay Friendly?
It depends a lot on where you go and whether the people you are around were raised in an urban or a rural environment, their age, whether they were raised in a religious home, etc.
Let’s take a straight 30 something year old male raised in one of the suburbs of a sat
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