Tag: Iván Chanis Barahona

Iván Chanis Barahona is a gay Panamanian lawyer who is working towards getting gay marriage legalized in the country. He is representing a couple that was legally married in the U.K. and is working to get their marriage recognized in Panama. Chanis is also working a second case that is challenging the country on the laws that keep same-sex couples from marrying. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the summer. The two cases have been rolled into one, and the...