Peru officially classifies trans people as ‘mentally ill’

The Peruvian government has officially categorised trans and intersex people as “mentally ill”.

The decree, signed by Peruvian president Dina Boluarte, defines “transsexualism” and “gender identity disorder in children” as mental illnesses.

It also categorises dual-role transvestism (cross-dressing), fetishistic transvestism, (sexual cross-dressing) and other gender identity disorders under the same bracket of mental illness.
After the directive was announced, the nation's health ministry reportedly asserted that it was the sole method to “guarantee full coverage of medical attention for mental health.”

Under the decree, the Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS) would now refer to transgender and intersex people as having a mental health issue.
In an statement on Friday (11th May) it was stressed that LGBT people would not be subjected to "conversion therapies" and pointed to a 2021 resolution that protects against practices of conversion therapy.

The LGBT rights group Red Peruana deplores the move for further stigmatising the Peru trans community, stating that the policy is based on an "outdated" view of gender identity.

Percy Mayta-Tristán, a medical researcher at Lima's Scientific University of the South told the telegram "You can’t ignore the context that this is happening in a super-conservative society, where the LGBT community has no rights and where labelling them as mentally ill opens the door to conversion therapy."

An Ipsos poll from early 2023 found that 81% of Peruvian citizens believe that trans people face a "great deal" of discrimination in society today.

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What do you think KiwiBros, based or cringe?

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[Otis Mallebrok]

What do you think KiwiBros, based or cringe?

Neither. I think it is just common sense, to consider "gender identity disorder" a mental health problem. How else would you categorise it?

Amd it is not something especially controversial either. If your local doctor refers you to a gemder-specialist in, say, Norway or Finland. That specialist will be a psychiatrist.

 

[Jarl Varg]

Anyone with common sense knows it's a mental illness, glad to see a country stepping up and declaring it. Sad that it's a 3rd world shithole that has more sense than the US.

 

[Kel1 shi1]

Body dysphoria is a mental illness.

 

[Billy the Shrunken Head]

Trannies have a 41 percent chance of attempting suicide and the overwhelming majority of trannies have at least a few other mental disorders. Why the fuck wouldn’t transgenderism be considered a mental illness? It’s more practical this way.

 

[Netizennameless]

Anyone with common sense knows it's a mental illness, glad to see a country stepping up and declaring it. Sad that it's a 3rd world shithole that has more sense than the US.

This is dumb. It was a mental illness for decades in the US and is only removed at the moment because of communists subverting our institutions. None of that is because of a lack of sense. Nobody in the US is confused about trannies. Some people benefit from pretending because it destabilizes society, but nobody actually thinks women and men are interchangeable.

 

[Nero Fiddled]

Pandering to the delusional whims of mentally ill people, spending a fortune on GRS and the lifelong ongoing cost of care, or removing the mental illness and spending your healthcare budget on people with real medical needs sounds pretty based to me.

 

[DumbDude43]

if it wasnt an illness why would they demand drugs and surgery for it
dumb trannoids

 

[Jarl Varg]

This is dumb. It was a mental illness for decades in the US and is only removed at the moment because of communists subverting our institutions. None of that is because of a lack of sense. Nobody in the US is confused about trannies. Some people benefit from pretending because it destabilizes society, but nobody actually thinks women and men are interchangeable.

Agree, it was poorly worded, my brain isn't awake yet.

 

[Walking Abortion]

The Peruvian government has officially categorised trans and intersex people as “mentally ill”.

Based. With troonery, that's basic common fucking sense and I can only hope the rest of the world follows in these footsteps. But aren't intersex people born with reproductive or hormonal deformities or imbalances? Like, they're in an entirely different category because they didn't choose this shit. Is this some sort of mangled translation of non-binary? Cause that would make a hell of a lot more sense.

 

[Netizennameless]

Based. With troonery, that's basic common fucking sense and I can only hope the rest of the world follows in these footsteps. But aren't intersex people born with reproductive or hormonal deformities or imbalances? Like, they're in an entirely different category because they didn't choose this shit. Is this some sort of mangled translation of non-binary? Cause that would make a hell of a lot more sense.

Nothing in the text they quoted mentioned intersex. I think the journo added it to make the government seem cruel and ignorant

 

[General Emílio Médici]

They demand constant medical treatment to deal with their condition. They are ill. It's that simple.

If they aren't ill then there is no need for any treatment.

 

[Grog]

Can an autogynephilia fetish count as mental illness?

 

[WhoBusTank69]

This is dumb. It was a mental illness for decades in the US and is only removed at the moment because of communists subverting our institutions. None of that is because of a lack of sense. Nobody in the US is confused about trannies. Some people benefit from pretending because it destabilizes society, but nobody actually thinks women and men are interchangeable.

The push to state that it is not a mental illness is rooted in the popular(but irrational) belief that self control must be stripped from those found to be mentally ill, which is, tangentially, why it's thrown around as an insult towards people you do not like either personally or politically. They're genuinely unwell but the social stigma of requiring mental assistance makes them feel it's oppressive when your rights can be potentially taken away.

 

[Safir]

This is dumb. It was a mental illness for decades in the US and is only removed at the moment because of communists subverting our institutions.

It was a mental illness and a crime in the USSR for decades and was only removed because of capitalists subverting out institutions AND destroying our country.

Eat pozzed shit, Solzhenitsyn.

 

[Netizennameless]

It was a mental illness and a crime in the USSR for decades and was only removed because of capitalists subverting out institutions AND destroying our country.

Eat pozzed shit, Solzhenitsyn.

It's because those retards got infected with their own bio-weapon. The USSR pushed this bullshit in US schools to try to break us. We broke the USSR instead and now the destabilizing ideas they planted are being returned to them. Reap what you sow.

 

[Al from Dadeville]

Nothing in the text they quoted mentioned intersex. I think the journo added it to make the government seem cruel and ignorant

They were probably confused since so many troons lie and claim to be intersex nowadays

 

[BobbyBriggs69420]

I would just bet there's more than a couple redditors seething about this who are sneeding about famous Bad Man george zimmerman having some peruvian ancestry. Nazi connection confirmed!

 

[Battlefield2142EU]

If the rest of South America does the same. The federation from call of duty ghosts are officially the real good guys all this time.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

So two government overthrowings, decoupling from Communism, and eventually Peru turns into a sane and sensible country. Neat.