Peru Sees Protests After Government Decree Labels Transgender As "Mental Illness"

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
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