Trans Peru Network

Peru scraps “transphobic” law

A “profoundly regressive” law in Peru classifying transgender people as mentally ill has been repealed less than seven weeks after its introduction. Image source: Alejandra Gamarra Espinoza, via Wikimedia Commons. Peru announced it will scrap a new law that classifies transgender identities as a “mental disorder” following backlash and protests in the nation’s capital. The…