Transgender activist to run for Colombian Congress
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7911-transgender-activist-to-run-for-colombian-congress.html (http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7911-transgender-activist-to-run-for-colombian-congress.html)
Camilla Pease-Watkin
1/28/2010
Radio producer and transgender rights activist Shelcy Sanchez may make history by becoming the first transsexual to win a seat in the Colombian Congress.
Sanchez, who is vocal in her support of gay and transgender rights in Colombia, registered her candidacy for the House of Representatives in her home department of Valle del Cauca.