(18 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lima, Peru – 17 May 2024
1. Various of protesters and police
2. Wide of protester Gaela Ccari
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gaela Ccari, protester:
"We feel outraged and upset, but above all we feel like fighting for a dignified life. We will not allow this murderous government to trample on our rights, we will not allow the Ministry of Health to take us back to the middle ages. We will demand the repeal of this rule but we will also demand the implementation of the document that classifies diseases internationally, the ICD 11 which is the current document that removes sexual orientations and gender identities from the list of diseases."
4. Close of sign reading (Spanish): "My identity is not a sickness’"
5. Mid of signs reading (Spanish): "There is no pride in impunity. (Peruvian president) Dina (Boluarte) kills" and ‘"There is no pride in genocide, Free Palestine"
6. Various of protesters in front of Peru’s Ministry of Health
7. Various of protesters waving flags
8. Various of protesters lying on floor with signs
9. Wide of protest
STORYLINE:
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.”
The demonstration coincided with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.
Protesters opposed to last week’s decree by President Dina Boluarte’s administration carried signs saying "identity is not a sickness" and "nothing to cure" as well as calling for a "Comprehensive health law".
The Ministry of Health said the action would guarantee “comprehensive mental health care coverage” to those affiliated with public, private or mixed health plans.
Congresswoman Susel Paredes of the ‘People first’ party sent a letter to the Health Ministry on Tuesday calling for the repeal of the regulation.
Peru is a country that does not recognise same-sex marriage.
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