The mayor of Bogota is widely considered the second most important political post in Colombia after the President, which is a big deal for the LGBTQ community in Colombia! Read more in our Colombia gay travel guide.ĭid you know? In October 2019, Ms Claudia López Hernández became the first woman and first lesbian to be elected mayor in Bogota. However, we didn’t encounter this on our travels in Colombia as we just avoided them. One of these included a fine for shouting homophobic abuse to others in public! The only thing we’d say in Colombia, which is the case for many countries in Latin America is that the machismo culture is prevalent in rural areas, particularly along the coast. In one hotel in Medellin, we noticed a sign in the lift showing the penalties the police could give you for certain crimes. Some of our favourite travel highlights include the coffee region, the Cocora Valley, the Salt Cathedral, the Caño Cristales Rainbow River, Cartagena old town and the Tayrona National Park.Īs a gay couple, we had no issues in Colombia and felt accepted everywhere.
