Peru Chooses Bigotry in Medical Services

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Organizations march to demand investigations and justice in cases of transphobic violence in Lima, Peru, on February 22, 2023. © 2023 Guillermo Gutierrez Carrascal/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Peru’s government published a presidential decree on May 10 classifying trans identities as mental health conditions in the country’s Essential Health Insurance Plan, which lists insurable health conditions for insurance policies. The decree, signed by President Dina Boluarte, the minister of health, and the minister of the economy, also refers to “ego-dystonic sexual…

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