On Friday during International Day Against Homophobia, protesters gathered in the Peruvian capital of Lima to demand the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven genders and transgender identities as "Mental Illnesses." Gahela Cari, a transgender woman who unsuccessfully ran for congress in 2021, said that “being gay, lesbian, non-binary or bisexual is not a disease, it is a human condition.” #Queer Up Health