Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender people mentally ill

LIMA, Peru – Hundreds of protesters in Peru’s capital marched on Friday, May 18, to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a mental illness so they can access health benefits.

Around 500 demonstrators peacefully walked the streets of downtown Lima, hoisting banners with slogans that read “No more stigmas” and “My identity is not a disease.”

The law, which was approved administratively last week by the government of President Dina Boluarte...