Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

An enormous rainbow flag is seen in entrance of the parliament constructing during a gay satisfaction 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 aimed at suppressing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identification and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, as well as well being specialists, have condemned as dangerous.

Below the bill, which Greece's parliament accepted, psychologists or other health professionals want a person's specific consent to carry out such treatment and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the regulation.

The government has drafted a national strategy that runs till 2025 on reforms selling gender equality in Greece, a largely conservative nation. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion therapy earlier this 12 months.

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

"Clearly these remedies not only aren't a remedy however they don't seem to be supported scientifically," the minister stated.

The bill additionally bans advertising such practices.

Plevris added that Greece additionally plans to ban surgeries on intersex infants and infants born with atypical chromosomes that affect 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 Enhancing by Bill Berkrot

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