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Protests in Peru after new insurance law deems transgender people mentally ill

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Sexual diversity activists protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry Friday to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses.”

also gathered outside's capital, Quito.

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