Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

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

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ATHENS, Could 10 (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday banned conversion remedy for minors, a apply geared toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender id and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, in addition to health consultants, have condemned as dangerous.

Beneath the invoice, which Greece's parliament accredited, psychologists or different health professionals need an individual's specific consent to perform such treatment and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the law.

The government has drafted a nationwide technique that runs till 2025 on reforms selling gender equality in Greece, a largely conservative country. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion remedy earlier this 12 months.

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"There have been some false remedies that said that when a minor has chosen a special sexual orientation, his dad and mom may supposedly proceed with 'treatments' for this youngster to 'return to normality'", Health Minister Thanos Plevris advised parliament this week.

"Clearly these therapies not solely are usually not a therapy however they are not supported scientifically," the minister stated.

The bill also bans promoting such practices.

Plevris added that Greece also plans to ban surgical procedures on intersex infants and infants born with atypical chromosomes that affect their reproductive anatomy in a approach that doesn't match with the normative definition of male or feminine.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Modifying by Bill Berkrot

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