Juan Carlos Florián, the new Minister of Equality and Equitytook possession on August 11, 2025, in a context in which this portfolio, created in the current government of President Gustavo Petro, faces questions about its budget execution and action plans
In an interview at the Pódcast ‘A hair’, Florián explained why he prefers to refer to himself in female: “I name my female because I’m a person and I’m a fag … I’m not gay”
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He also talked openly about his healthrevealing that He has lived with HIV for about 20 years And that he has made it public as a way of confronting and fighting stigmas, rejecting that this condition is used to question its capacity in office.
Juan Carlos Florián (der.), Minister of Equality
Ministry of Equality and Equity
Florián has training in political science and experience in international cooperation. Before the appointment, He was Vice Minister of Diversities in the Ministry, and has worked in the Ministry of Social Integration of Bogotá, as well as in international organizations. It has also been Actor in the adult film industrya history that has unleashed public controversy.
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In the same interview, he criticized working conditions in that business and claimed labor rights for those who work in it.
Juan Carlos Florián, Minister of Equality
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Florián also confessed that in the past he faced addiction problems: he began consuming injectable drugs at age 38 and returned to the country after a year and a half in detoxification process. Consider that your arrival at the Ministry represents a step “savior”, Linked to its survival and recovery process.
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Finally, he clarified that he does not seek “LGBTIZAR“The ministry, but The entity must meet various populations and social problems. He stressed that his appointment is hopeful for the LGBTIQ+community, although it entails a high responsibility for compliance with programs and reallocation of resources.
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