Colombia
LGBT rights in Colombia have progressed since consensual homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1980 with amendments to the Criminal Code. Between February 2007 and April 2008 three rulings of the Constitutional Court granted registered same-sex couples the same pension, social security and property rights as for registered heterosexual couples. On 28 April 2016, the Constitutional Court legalized same-sex marriage.
In August 2014, a student called Sergio Urrego committed suicide because he had suffered discrimination by the authorities of the school where he studied. The mother filed a lawsuit that after several appeals finally reached the Constitutional Court. The Court ruled in favour of Urrego's family, stating that the rights to dignity, education, equality, non-discrimination, the free development of personality, privacy and due process, justice, reparation and good name were violated. The Court also ordered the school to make a public act of forgiveness and ordered the Ministry of Education that within a year it review the "manuals of coexistence" (rules governing relationships between students themselves and others members of the educational community) of all schools in the country so that they do not contain articles that discriminate against children because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. With this decision, colleges across the country cannot discriminate against students because of their sexual orientation.
Legislation
Male to male relationships: Legal
Punishments for male to male relationships: No law
Female to female relationships: Legal
Age of consent: Equal for heterosexuals and homosexuals
Same sex marriage or civil union: Yes
Discrimination protection
NRHI inclusive of sexual orientation: Yes
Constitution protection: Yes
Employment protection: Yes
Hate crimes law: Yes
Incitement: Yes
Other protection: Yes
LGBT organizations/networks
It Gets Better Colombia: https://www.itgetsbettercolombia.org/
Colombia Diversa: http://colombiadiversa.org/
Red Somos: https://www.redsomos.org/
Cámara de Comerciantes LGBT de Colombia: http://web.cclgbt.co/index.html
Liberarte: https://www.liberarte.co/es/