India, Aug. 3 -- Juan Carlos Florian, a former porn actor and gay rights activist has become Colombia's new equality minister, colombiaone.com reported on Saturday. Juan Carlos Florian appointment to the cabinet became official on Saturday despite opposition and public backlash.

Florian, who was a sex worker and creator of gay porn, will head up a department that guarantees vulnerable communities get access to social programmes.

Juan Carlos Florian has already served as a junior minister and worked in various international organisations.

More than 50 ministers have passed through leftist Gustavo Petro's cabinet since he took office three years ago.

Juan Carlos Florian, a political scientist with over twenty years of experience in huma...