Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

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

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ATHENS, May 10 (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday banned conversion remedy for minors, a follow aimed toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and trans group worldwide, as well as well being specialists, have condemned as dangerous.

Under the bill, which Greece's parliament authorised, psychologists or different health professionals want a person's specific consent to perform such remedy and face fines and a prison term in the event that they violate the law.

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

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"There were some false therapies that acknowledged that when a minor has chosen a distinct sexual orientation, his parents might supposedly proceed with 'remedies' for this child to 'return to normality'", Well being Minister Thanos Plevris informed parliament this week.

"Obviously these treatments not solely aren't a remedy but they are not supported scientifically," the minister mentioned.

The invoice additionally bans promoting such practices.

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

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Modifying by Invoice Berkrot

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