Latin America's Transgender-Rights Leaders
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/latin-americas-transgender-rights-leadership
The New Yorker/By Jonathan Blitzer 08/10/2015
"About three weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, the Colombian government issued a directive that received little international notice. On June 4th, the government announced that it would allow Colombian citizens to change their gender on identity documents without first undergoing gender-reassignment surgery or obtaining permission from a medical professional."