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Ex-Porn Actor, Gay Rights Activist to Be Colombia's New Equality Minister

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Former porn actor and gay rights activist Juan Carlos Florian has been appointed as Colombia's new equality minister, sparking debate in the deeply Catholic country. He previously served as a junior minister and worked with global organisations.

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The Government of Colombia nominated the political scientist Juan Florián as new minister of equality, who was a porn actor and since April served as vice minister of the same portfolio, as confirmed by the presidential office when publishing on the official page his resume for that post.In the event of the appointment, Florián will replace Carlos Rosero as head of this ministry created by the government of the leftist president Gustavo Petro, a…

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, appointed Juan Carlos Florián, current vice minister of diversities and excursor of films for adults, as the next minister of equality and equity. The Colombian media indicated that Florián’s profile was uploaded on the Ministry’s website this morning. Thus, the departure of the current minister, anthropologist Carlos Rosero, is confirmed. Juan Carlos Florián lived for several years in Paris, France, whe…

A former porn star will become Colombia's new equality minister, a controversial choice amid a wave of changes in President Gustavo Petro's leftist government. Juan Carlos Florian - who has publicly admitted to providing sex services and creating pornographic content - has been appointed to the ministry, which was created in 2023 to guarantee access to social programs for vulnerable groups, a Colombian government official told AFP. The creation …

On Friday the presidency of Colombia raised the resume of Juan Carlos Florián as the new minister of equality, a political scientist who in the past exercised as an actor of content for adults. Florián is the third minister of this portfolio during the Petro government, created also under this administration. For her have passed the current Vice President France Márquez Mina, who was from 30 June 2023 until 26 February 2025, and Carlos Alfonso R…

Juan Carlos Florián is a political scientist at Javeriana University. According to the government portfolio, he has 20 years of experience in international cooperation

·Bogotá, Colombia
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