Following Claudia López’s election as the first openly LGBT mayor of a Latin American capital, we find out what her victory means in the LGBT context.
“The mayor’s win is a step forward for all of us in this fight for diversity,” Mauricio Toro, Congressman for Bogotá and Alianza Verde party member told The Bogotá Post. In June 2018, he became the first openly gay man to be elected to the Colombian congress.