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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us2.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=i`Hk=fWa]oeZjnT69AH`<`HWonT5<]0TmQ;nb^V>PUff5[gZBW6J?Llo>@oN;JD0Zc95lm;Mc]=1o^^MJJlX\5Lk3_;13J7?Z0lB::GSaLS3BgIaaghgoVNDc[G=[?i7POIc X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net From: Andrzej Matuch Subject: OT: Peru Declaring Transgenderism a Mental Illness Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: User-Agent: Pan/0.146 (Hic habitat felicitas; d7a48b4 gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan.git) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: 16 May 2024 14:31:11 GMT Lines: 128 Message-ID: <664618af$0$8473$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1715869871 reader.netnews.com 8473 127.0.0.1:36517 Bytes: 7579 On Thu, 16 May 2024 09:54:07 -0400, John Smyth wrote: > Why did this take so long? > > > 'LGBTQIAP2S+ Outrage over Peru Declaring Transgenderism a Mental > Illness' > > > > 'The government of Peru signed a Supreme Decree this weekend defining > transexuality as a mental disorder as part of an update to the nation’s > Essential Health Insurance Plan (PEAS), prompting outrage from the > LGBTQIAP2S+ community. > > While the definition, according to the Peruvian government, seeks to > give access to those identifying as transgender or other gender > identities to health insurance coverage, the decree has been met with > fierce backlash by local LGBTQIAP2S+ activists and politicians. > > The PEAS is a minimum healthcare benefit plan that Peruvian citizens > receive when enrolling in the nation’s public, private, or mixed health > insurance providers. PEAS provides for the basic medical procedures a > citizen needs and contains a detailed list of outpatient medical care, > tests, specialized consultations, and other treatments that patients may > be entitled to according to their particular health condition. > > The controversial decree stated that, following a review of the > diagnoses included in the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) 10th > International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) that are included in > the country’s PEAS health program, the omission of “seven (07) ICD-10 > diagnoses” related to mental health problems were found, which, > according to the decree, “should be incorporated” into the nation’s > healthcare plans taking into account Peru’s mental health laws. > > As such, the decree defines transexualism, “dual role transvestism,” > child gender identity disorder, “other gender identity disorders,” and > “gender identity disorder, unspecified” as mental health problems in > accordance with the definitions established by the W.H.O.’s ICD-10 > manual. > > The decree stated that the inclusion of said diagnoses allows them to be > covered according to the list of health benefits of Peru’s PEAS > healthcare program. > > While the decree utilizes W.H.O.’s ICD-10 as its basis, the World Health > Organization has since replaced it with a newer 11th edition that no > longer defines transexualism as a mental illness. The ICD-11 was > presented to the World Health Assembly in 2019 and went into effect in > January 2022. > > Shortly after the decree was published, the Peruvian Health Ministry > issued a statement on Saturday in which it ratified its position that > ”gender and sexual diversity are not diseases” while also expressing > “respect for gender identities, as well as our rejection of the > stigmatization of sexual diversity in the country.” > > “The sexual orientation and gender identity of a person does not > constitute in itself a physical or mental health disorder and, > therefore, should not be subjected to treatment or medical care or > so-called reconversion therapies,” the statement read. > > The Ministry explained that, to ensure “complete mental health care > coverage,” the PEAS plan was updated “in view of the need to ensure the > benefit of comprehensive mental health interventions, as conditions for > the full exercise of the right to health and well-being of the > individual, the family and the community.” > > “ICD-10 remains in effect in our country, as long as the progressive > implementation of ICD-11 is initiated, as it happens in other countries > of the region,” the statement read. > > Local activist Shely Cabrera told the Argentine outlet Infobae on > Tuesday that, while the decree does modify the PEAS plan to establish > “which diseases are, in some way, covered by insurance,” the decree > “posed a threat to members of the LGBTQIA+ community throughout Peru.” > > She said: > > There is a previous decree, which is from 2021, that makes this update > of the Health Insurance Plan and this one, which is 009-2024, modifies > it to add these new categories, based on the ICD-10, which is a document > that dates back to 1992. The ICD is the international classification of > diseases, it is a global diagnostic system that is approved by the World > Health Assembly (WHA); however, the ICD-11 is currently in force, from > 2019 and came into force in 2022. This does not pathologize, it does not > consider disorders or diseases of any kind to sexual and gender > diversities. > > Cabrera claimed that the decree will “further promote the dissemination > of speech that violates the dignity of these people, since > discriminatory groups will be able to rely on the law by saying that it > is a disease.” > > “In the case of trans persons, they will not be respected and will be > exposed to be called by their social name, their pronouns will not be > considered and one of the most basic rights, which is identity, will not > be recognized,” Cabrera asserted. > > Similarly, local LGBT activists have denounced the decree as > “discriminatory,” claiming that the categorization of transgender > identity as a mental illness “contributes to stigma and aggravates the > consequences for a minority already subject to discrimination.” > > Herberth Cuba, advisor to the Peruvian Health Ministry, told CNN en > Español on Tuesday that although the ministry does not consider sexual > orientation and gender identity mental health disorders, it is necessary > to take the World Health Organization’s ICD-10 — and its definition of > transexualism as a mental illness — as basis for the PEAS plan update as > ICD-10 is the current medical classification in effect in Peru. > > Cuba asserted that, although the update may seem contradictory, it is > the only way to ensure the benefit of comprehensive mental health care > to the entire population, including Peru’s LGBT population. > > Peruvian lawmaker Flor Pablo Medina denounced the decree on Tuesday as > “shameful” and issued a formal request to Peruvian President Dina > Boluarte and the Peruvian Health Ministry to repeal the decree. > > > “We cannot allow it to go backwards, denigrate and violate the rights to > equality and non-discrimination, as well as the right to health and > other rights of LGBTI people in Peru,” Medina’s message read.' The "community" has already provided all the evidence necessary to prove that it is a mental illness. Discussing it further is a complete waste of time.