Peru Legally Classifies Transgender, Nonbinary People as Mentally Ill
The government in Peru has officially changed its laws to legally classify transgender, nonbinary and intersex people as mentally..
Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra is a Peruvian politician, civil servant, and lawyer currently serving as the President of Peru since 7 December 2022. She had served as the first vice president and minister at the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion under President Pedro Castillo. Before then, she served as an officer at the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC) from 2007 until 2022. With Boluarte assuming the presidency as the sole vice president, President of Congress Alejandro Soto Reyes is next in the line of succession.
The government in Peru has officially changed its laws to legally classify transgender, nonbinary and intersex people as mentally..
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