LIMA, Peru (PNN) - May 15, 2024 - In a move that was described as needed to make sure they could get access to mental health services, the government in Peru has designated deviant transgenders and intersex individuals as "mentally ill".

A report in the Telegraph documented the official categorization from the Peruvian government, meaning those individuals now are assured "full coverage of medical attention for mental health" from the nation's health services.

However, the report said, promoters of the homosexual and deviant transgender lifestyle choices have erupted with "a fierce backlash".

The deviant behaviors have not been popular in the nation, and recently lawmakers banned references to gender equality in schoolbooks.

A report in the New York Post explained the designation is supposed to change the Essentials Health Insurance Plan to reflect transgenders and others "have a mental disorder".