Will I Be Lonely in Panama? A Gay Retiree’s Honest Answer ·

Making gay friends in Panama

The people who abandon expat retirements rarely leave over prices or paperwork — they leave because Tuesday afternoons got too quiet. We built a social life from zero in Spain once, running the bar other people’s social lives revolved around. Here’s the actual plan for doing it again at this age, including the part we can’t verify yet

Is Panama Gay Friendly? The Honest Answer (2026)

Gay couple in Panama City

Panama’s Supreme Court says our marriage doesn’t exist. Panama City mostly just lets us exist — and those are very different things. We’re a gay couple actually moving there, and after twelve days walking the city as a visibly together couple, here’s the answer nobody else will give you straight.