{"id":2245569,"date":"2024-05-15T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peru-calls-transgender-people-mentally-ill-in-new-classification\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T21:50:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:50:58","slug":"peru-calls-transgender-people-mentally-ill-in-new-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peru-calls-transgender-people-mentally-ill-in-new-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru&#8217;s New Classification Labels Transgender Individuals as &#8216;Mentally Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperu-calls-transgender-people-mentally-ill-in-new-classification%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The government of Peru classified\u2062 transsexualism and other gender identities as &#8220;mental illness&#8221; in a recent decree. The decree, signed by President Dina Boluarte, covers various conditions under the Essential Health \u200bInsurance Plan. Human Rights Watch\u2064 criticized \u2062the decree for using outdated classifications. Activists and researchers expressed strong opposition \u200dto the decision, citing discrimination and prejudice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The government of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Peru\">Peru<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/busquedas.elperuano.pe\/dispositivo\/NL\/2287398-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"issued a decree\">has issued a decree<\/a> classifying transsexualism, transvestism, and other gender identities as a \u201cmental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decree, signed on Friday, May 10, by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, the minister of health, and the minister of the economy, states that people diagnosed with \u201ctranssexualism, dual-role transvestism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-transgenderism\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking Transgenderism\">gender identity disorder<\/a> in childhood, other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-appointed-judge-opens-the-door-to-more-men-being-housed-in-womens-prisons\/\" title=\"Dem-Appointed Judge Opens The Door To More Men Being Housed In Women\u2019s Prisons\">gender identity disorders<\/a>, gender identity disorder (unspecified), fetish transvestism and egodystonic sexual orientation\u201d would be covered for their \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"mental health\">mental health<\/a> problem\u201d under the country\u2019s Essential Health Insurance Plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the field of mental health, the Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS) considers the mental health problems contemplated in the Chapter on Mental and Behavioral Disorders of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) of the World Health Organization, in force at the time of health care, as insurable conditions that must be financed for all insured persons, including the provision of medical supplies,\u201d the decree said on the president\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch disagreed with the decree\u2019s categorization by calling them \u201cobsolete classifications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt employs obsolete classifications related to gender identity and sexual orientation that the World Health Organization (WHO) replaced in the most recent International Classification of Diseases, published in 2019. The decree also further calcifies prejudices against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Peru which have led to violence and discrimination against this population,\u201d researcher Cristian Gonzalez Cabrera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/05\/15\/peru-chooses-bigotry-medical-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote in his analysis\">wrote in his analysis<\/a> of the decree.<\/p>\n<p>Peruvian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"transgender\">transgender<\/a> activists denounced the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c100 years after the decriminalization of homosexuality, the @Minsa_Peru has no better idea than to include trans people in the category of mental illnesses. We demand and we will not rest until its repeal,\u201d Jheinser Pacaya, director of Outfest Peru, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jheinserrr\/status\/1790513640350564591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>A researcher for Lima\u2019s Scientific University of the South suggested that this move could lead to \u201cconversion therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t ignore the context that this is happening in a super-conservative society, where the LGBT community has no rights and where labeling them as mentally ill opens the door to conversion therapy,\u201d researcher Percy Mayta-Tristan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/05\/14\/peru-officially-classifies-trans-as-mentally-ill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> said. <\/p>\n<p>Chaya Raichik, owner of the social media account Libs of TikTok, responded with a reminder that TikTok transgender influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dylan-mulvaney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Dylan Mulvaney\">Dylan Mulvaney<\/a> went to Peru last year to \u201cfeel safe\u201d from the onslaught of online harassment.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Remember when Dylan Mulvaney fled the US to Peru to \u201cfeel safe\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Well now Peru just passed a bill classifying trans people as \u201cmentally ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Mulvaney would be officially considered mentally ill in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this new policy? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/02tNGjJncW\">pic.twitter.com\/02tNGjJncW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1790774952120955093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember when Dylan Mulvaney fled the US to Peru to \u2018feel safe\u2019? Well now Peru just passed a bill classifying trans people as \u2018mentally ill.\u2019 Dylan Mulvaney would be officially considered mentally ill in Peru. What do you think of this new policy?\u201d she asked her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-british-man-who-spent-200k-to-become-korean\/\" title=\"Meet the British Man Who Spent 0K To Become Korean\">social media followers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Mulvaney for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru&#8217;s government decreed that transsexualism and other gender identities are classified as mental illnesses. 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