Angélica Lozano

[1] Lozano received her law degree from the University of La Sabana, located seven miles north of Bogotá in the city of Chía.

[5] In 2014 she was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia as a Green Alliance Party candidate in Bogotá, becoming the country's first out LGBT legislator at the national level.

Lozano stated that she will continue to, “fight to secure the recognition of gay/lesbian families.”[4] In August 2014, Senator Viviane Morales began to collect signatures in support of a referendum that would make adoptions of children by same-sex couples beholden to a popular vote of six unrelated individuals.

These issues include: increasing the mobility for bicycle use within the city, political reforms to fight corruption in the government, and she is the current spokeswoman of "las veedurías ciudadanas" or the citizen's watchdogs.

[1][4] After being elected to the House of Representatives in 2014, Lozano stated that her position shows that the, “fight in the name of equality and respect, justice and the recognition of our rights has been achieved.”[6] Also in May 2014, she took part in a training program in Bogotá backed by USAID that lasted for four days, from May 30 to June 2.

[6] This training was part of USAID’s LGBTI Global Development Partnership, which aims to create a network of LGBT advocacy groups with local businesses.

[1] Eventually, the charges were dropped after Lozano and López countered that the stipulation does not apply due to the illegality of marriage equality and civil unions for same-sex couples in Colombia.