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Looks like the push back has started in other parts of the world.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The Peruvian government has officially categorised trans and intersex people as “mentally ill”.
The health ministry said the decree was the only way Peru’s public health services could “guarantee full coverage of medical attention for mental health”.
The move has prompted a fierce backlash in a society where gender and LGBT rights have been under sustained assault in recent years and where there are high levels of homophobic, transphobic and gender violence.
In one recent move, lawmakers banned references to gender equality from school textbooks. That has had a devastating effect on classes intended to prevent domestic assault and femicides.

Peru officially classifies trans people as ‘mentally ill’
Move has provoked outrage in a society where gender and LGBT rights have been under sustained assault in recent years
