{"id":301373,"date":"2024-05-24T03:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/drag-race-star-blasts-perus-bill-categorizing-trans-people-as-mentally-ill"},"modified":"2024-05-24T03:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:34:39","slug":"drag-race-star-blasts-perus-bill-categorizing-trans-people-as-mentally-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/drag-race-star-blasts-perus-bill-categorizing-trans-people-as-mentally-ill","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Drag Race&#039; Star Blasts Peru&#039;s Invoice Categorizing Trans Individuals As &#039;Mentally Sick&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"45.1935695538\">\n<section id=\"cb-e5c11b82f8144ec4c3115efe538ff2cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-41c389ab-a8e4-435c-bae0-bad1f4c9bdc0-1722534663-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-41c389ab-a8e4-435c-bae0-bad1f4c9bdc0-1722534663-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Carmen Carrera\" alt=\"Carmen Carrera\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5b\/16by9\/2024\/05\/21\/5b36d556e1c042a68f2bf20d8be38043_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e5c11b82f8144ec4c3115efe538ff2cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-babb4f4b95a7cf6e3020c47ba82cfc5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.4074074074\">\n<p>Transgender model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/carmen-carrera\/\"><strong>Carmen Carrera<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>is speaking<strong> <\/strong>out against Peru&#8217;s new bill that officially classifies transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people as &#8220;mentally ill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-babb4f4b95a7cf6e3020c47ba82cfc5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-af16a23c9b636623bcca06f653177e2a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Carmen &#8212; who is of Puerto Rican-Peruvian ancestry &#8212; tells TMZ she thinks the government&#8217;s move aims to change the personal beliefs of the Peruvian people, who she says are actually supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, especially since they&#8217;ve had transgender and nonbinary figures throughout their indigenous history.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-af16a23c9b636623bcca06f653177e2a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-44bb52ba7d87789c67c17b6def4b575c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\">\n   <a id=\"gallery-link-d02e62dd-d849-52cf-a34d-eb4f7f647e58\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2018\/10\/22\/carmen-carreras-hot-shots\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:d02e62dd-d849-52cf-a34d-eb4f7f647e58\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a357ec7-2a26-4c59-a5b7-b93025179e88\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n         <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/dd\/4by3\/2024\/05\/17\/dd8fa2d968f8415c80c3e1c44ea4e52e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Carmen Carrera Hot Shots\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>       <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-44bb52ba7d87789c67c17b6def4b575c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0e9deff30b44a8452133da66d82b88d4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; alum believes the Peruvian government is trying to cash in on transgender people getting insured, which she believes is why they&#8217;re falsely categorizing their transition as a mental illness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0e9deff30b44a8452133da66d82b88d4--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-70e444dbfcf88bd55b92df81c0a3e19b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>She notes trans people getting improperly pigeonholed in a category that will lead to abuse.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-70e444dbfcf88bd55b92df81c0a3e19b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-513fc043b5b66e6673d6a4ea1b0c5538\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-355d5349-56ca-4ae6-8499-e522a3e92e46-635813920-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-355d5349-56ca-4ae6-8499-e522a3e92e46-635813920-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peru\" alt=\"Peru\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/03\/16by9\/2024\/05\/21\/03a495c472cf4b5696cfbf39e977264e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-513fc043b5b66e6673d6a4ea1b0c5538--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-00ac4201e6f95aca42ff7e7d89559172\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>CC explains that luckily, in the U.S. where she lives, she has &#8220;incongruence of gender&#8221; &#8212; a medical category in which trans people are able to receive special care &#8230; something from which she&#8217;s greatly benefited.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-00ac4201e6f95aca42ff7e7d89559172--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c3950aaa07194327b9f2058e04656d9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240515_3833ec59f1134b2a8ec6429fce5ca312\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1a357ec7-2a26-4c59-a5b7-b93025179e88\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/38\/4by3\/2024\/05\/15\/3833ec59f1134b2a8ec6429fce5ca312_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Peru's President Dina Boluarte\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c3950aaa07194327b9f2058e04656d9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-65e4582f7cc960e713c7de3acb22bf8b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.3050847458\">\n<p>As for Peru&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/05\/15\/peru-legally-classify-transgender-mental-ill-new-law-lgbtq\/\"><strong>new decree<\/strong><\/a>, signed by President <strong>Dina Boluarte<\/strong> earlier this month, Carmen says it has the potential to influence other countries to falsely categorize trans people.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-65e4582f7cc960e713c7de3acb22bf8b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d645522273431154dc69f30b773ca5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d645522273431154dc69f30b773ca5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9b39df2dbca62e7fa8efebe8ed5f4caa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>As we reported &#8230; advocacy groups are pissed as hell about Peru&#8217;s decision to change its laws regarding trans people. 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