Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

A huge rainbow flag is seen in entrance of the parliament building throughout a gay delight parade in Athens, Greece June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

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

Below the bill, which Greece's parliament authorised, psychologists or different health professionals want a person's explicit consent to perform such treatment and face fines and a jail term in the event that they violate the legislation.

The government has drafted a nationwide strategy that runs until 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 distinct sexual orientation, his mother and father may supposedly proceed with 'therapies' for this little one to 'return to normality'", Well being Minister Thanos Plevris advised parliament this week.

"Clearly these treatments not only usually are not a remedy but they aren't supported scientifically," the minister mentioned.

The invoice additionally bans advertising 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 manner that doesn't match with the normative definition of male or female.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Modifying by Invoice Berkrot

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