On December 5, 2025, a court in the city of Cali, Colombia, issued a notice to Mexican YouTuber Samuel Adrián, ordering him to remove social media clips of his documentary “Colombia: Fábrica de Niños Trans” (Colombia: Factory for Trans Children).

With this film, Samuel Adrián created — for the Spanish-speaking world — an equivalent to “What Is a Woman?” by political commentator Matt Walsh.

It is a communicative work that fuels the public debate in Latin America regarding human nature and new ideologies of a totalitarian nature. Specifically, it centers on the advancement of the trans agenda concerning minors in Colombia — and the “cultural, medical, and social consequences” for future generations, as noted in the film’s synopsis.

With over 2.2 million views, the documentary premiered on YouTube on May 17, 2026 — the date on which the World Health Organization established the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — a date held dear by the lobby that promotes the genital mutilation of minors.

At the beginning of the documentary, a scene sets the personal tone of the project. Samuel Adrián is packing his bags for a trip to South America, but first, silhouetted against the light, he kisses his wife, Dania, and their two young children — born of their marriage in 2020. The filmmaker allows us to see just how deeply personal and sensitive the subject he is about to delve into truly is, as he approaches it from the perspective of a father.

Despite attempts at censorship and legal actions aimed at stifling its distribution — such as the court order from Cali — Samuel Adrián released the film on his channel. And the reaction was immediate. Even from Cuba, where connecting to the internet is notoriously difficult due to the prohibitive cost of service, colleagues were sending me the link.

The young creator began his career in music but has since shifted the content for his audience of over one million followers toward political, social, and news commentary, presented from a conservative and Christian perspective. In an interview for this article, Samuel Adrián highlighted what he considered the most important aspect of the documentary: exposing the promotion of gender transition for minors within one of Colombia’s most prominent medical institutions, the Fundación Valle del Lili in Cali.

“Millions of people heard Dr. Mario Angulo, the founder of Colombia’s first gender clinic, speak about the consequences of subjecting children to these procedures,” recounted the director of the documentary “Colombia: Fábrica de Niños Trans.” “From infertility, bone degradation, and other impairments to physical development, to the pressure exerted on many parents to proceed with their children’s transition — often by implying that, should they fail to do so, their children would be at risk of falling into depression and taking their own lives.”

For Samuel Adrián, the film allowed many people to learn — for the very first time — about something that had been taking place far from public scrutiny for years.

When asked about the most notable repercussions to date, he responds with a single word: “Enormous.” While, on one hand, millions of people watched the documentary — and the ensuing debate reached far beyond what he and his collaborators had ever imagined — perhaps the most significant outcome was that “the gender clinic ceased to be part of the services offered by the Fundación Valle del Lili, and Dr. Mario Angulo will no longer be able to perform interventions on minors within that program.”

That victory, he noted, “demonstrates that when people get informed, speak out, and refuse to remain silent, things can change.” However, the making of the documentary also brought considerable pressure to bear upon him.

“First, the director of the gender clinic attempted to block the documentary’s release by filing a lawsuit in a Cali court,” Samuel Adrián recounted. “Later, they tried to have certain content removed — specifically the segments in which Dr. Angulo discussed the procedures and the irreversible consequences they have on minors.”

And now, following the documentary’s release, “a court in Cali has ordered my arrest for 10 days — along with a monetary fine — for having made public the recordings featured in the film.” Samuel Adrián notes that, contrary to what they intended, this legal attack has sparked enormous public outrage, garnered millions of views, and drawn support from journalists, lawyers, and public figures across various countries.

“Because many people understand that this is no longer just about a documentary,” he asserts. “It is about the right to expose information of public interest, to defend freedom of expression, and to protect children.”