Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

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

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

Below the invoice, which Greece's parliament accepted, psychologists or different health professionals need a person's specific consent to perform such therapy and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the regulation.

The federal government has drafted a national 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 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'", Health Minister Thanos Plevris informed parliament this week.

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

The bill 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 method that doesn't match with the normative definition of male or feminine.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Modifying by Invoice Berkrot

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