The government of Peru released a decree Friday declaring 'transsexualism' a mental health problem covered by its universal health insurance.
by JACKSON WALKER | The National DeskThe flag of Peru with the state crest and the transgender flag Friday declaring “transsexualism” a mental health problem covered by its universal health insurance.
The decree follows the release of the tenth edition of the International Classification of Diseases by the World Health Organization. Peru bases its Essential Health Insurance Plan on the document. From the review of the ICD-10 diagnoses included in the Essential Health Insurance Plan, related to the condition, person with a mental health problem, the omission of seven ICD-10 diagnoses has been identified,” officials wrote, according to Google translation. “In this sense, it is necessary to modify the Essential Health Insurance Planincorporating seven ICD-10 diagnoses.”
Conditions being recognized as mental health disorders include “transsexualism,” “dual role transvestism,” “gender identity disorder in childhood,” “other gender identity disorders,” “gender identity disorder, unspecified, “fetish transvestism” and “egodystonic sexual orientation.”saying such a judgement should not imply these individuals should undergo “reconversion therapies.”
The Minsa ratifies its position that gender and sexual diversity are not diseases,” MINSA wrote. “In this framework, we express our respect for gender identities, as well as our rejection of the stigmatization of sexual diversity in the country.”“100 years after the decriminalization of homosexuality, the @Minsa_Peru has no better idea than to include trans people in the category of mental illnesses,” Director of OutFest Peru Jheinser Pacya wrote via X.
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