Elizabeth Castillo

Elizabeth Castillo Vargas (born November 30, 1970) is a Colombian lawyer, writer, LGBT activist, comedian and politician. She started work in the Bogotá Mayor's office looking at social integration in 2022.

Early life and education Castillo was born in Manizales in 1970. She studied law at the University of Caldas and afterwards gathered expertise on issues relating to gender, reproduction and sexual rights.

In 2005 she was the Bogotá LGBT Roundtable's spokesperson until, She argues that you cannot be homophobic and a Christian.

In 2013 to 2014 she was one the Colombian Liberal Party's candidates for the Senate. She stated her supported for equal marriages and support for the LGBT community. She noted that the mayor, Enrique Peñalosa, was supportive. She was not elected.

In June 2022 she was pleased to report that she had been appointed as the LGBTI Deputy Director of the District Social Integration Secretariat by the Mayor of Bogata. Hew new job needed the skills of a lawyer and an expert in gender issues.

Selected writing Labor Discrimination Against Lesbians in Latin America – Colombia Chapter International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission IGLHRC, 2004 Medical Conscientious Objection. Profamilia, 2006. LGBT survey, sexuality and rights. Attendees to the Bogotá LGBT citizenship march. Profamily, 2009. We are not et cetera, twenty years of history of the LGBT movement in Colombia