- The decree was signed by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Health Minister
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
PERU – Peru has officially classified trans people as ‘mentally ill’.
Under the decree signed by President Dina Boluarte, ‘transsexualism, dual-role transvestism, gender identity disorder in childhood, other gender identity disorders and fetishistic transvestism’ are now all recorded as mental illnesses.
The move, which comes just days before the 34-year anniversary of the World Health Organisation‘s removal of homosexuality from the list of International Classification of Diseases (ICD), has prompted fury from rights groups.
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