Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

An enormous rainbow flag is seen in front of the parliament constructing during a homosexual satisfaction parade in Athens, Greece June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

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ATHENS, Might 10 (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday banned conversion therapy for minors, a follow aimed toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender identification and which the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and trans group worldwide, in addition to health specialists, have condemned as dangerous.

Beneath the invoice, which Greece's parliament permitted, psychologists or different health professionals need an individual's express consent to carry out such remedy and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the legislation.

The federal government has drafted a national technique that runs until 2025 on reforms selling gender equality in Greece, a largely conservative nation. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion therapy earlier this yr.

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"There were some false remedies that acknowledged that when a minor has chosen a different sexual orientation, his mother and father could supposedly proceed with 'treatments' for this youngster to 'return to normality'", Well being Minister Thanos Plevris instructed parliament this week.

"Clearly these therapies not only are usually not a remedy but they are not supported scientifically," the minister said.

The invoice additionally bans promoting such practices.

Plevris added that Greece also plans to ban surgeries on intersex infants and babies born with atypical chromosomes that have an effect on their reproductive anatomy in a way that doesn't fit with the normative definition of male or female.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Enhancing by Invoice Berkrot

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