Mike Durán is the first trans in Colombia to get the 'T' on his card

Colombia awarded the first card with the 'T' for trans to the young man from Bogota Mike Durán in the city of Medellín. At 31, Durán makes history and sets an important precedent for people who want to make such a change in order to be recognized within their personal documents as they wish.

Despite the lengthy procedures that Mike would have had to carry out, he finally has in his hands the identification document with the modification in his sex.

In October 2021, he had already managed to have this modification made to him but in his civil birth registration, he was also the first person to achieve it. The procedure took almost three years and once that first recognition had been made, he set out to seek a change in his citizenship card.

Although today the story is being told in different media, the process had been hindered, since at first it was denied this possibility by the National Registry on the grounds that “not being able to access the application given that decree 1227 of 2015, which allows the change of the sex component, mentions only the F of female and M for masculine”, as read in Caribe Informativo where Durán spoke.

Now, after achieving what she had long awaited in the recognition of her gender identity, she told how the process was:

In Colombia, according to data from the Dane cut to 2020, or 5% of the population identifies as transgender, although they make the caveat of being cautious with this figure since “the low statistical prevalence, which can lead to inaccuracies”.

However, Mike, who lived 8 years ago in Medellin, thanked the team of lawyers who helped him with the process.

Finally, this case would leave the door open so that people who want to make the modification to their documents can do so, perhaps, with fewer impediments than before in the country.

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