Protests in Peru against classification of gender identities as ‘mental illness’

A member of the LGBTQ+ community holds up a sign with a message that reads ‘Nothing to cure’, during a protest in Lima, Peru (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Protesters in Peru are demanding that the government repeals a decree characterising seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses”.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the health ministry in Peru’s capital city, Lima, and the Peruvian Embassy in Ecuador’s capital, Quito.