Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

An enormous rainbow flag is seen in front of the parliament building during a homosexual pride 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 follow aimed toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender identification and which the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, in addition to well being experts, have condemned as harmful.

Under the bill, which Greece's parliament authorized, psychologists or other health professionals want an individual's specific consent to perform such treatment and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the legislation.

The government has drafted a national technique that runs till 2025 on reforms promoting gender equality in Greece, a largely conservative nation. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion remedy earlier this year.

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"There were some false remedies that acknowledged that when a minor has chosen a special sexual orientation, his mother and father may supposedly proceed with 'treatments' for this baby to 'return to normality'", Well being Minister Thanos Plevris informed parliament this week.

"Clearly these treatments not only will not be a remedy however they are not supported scientifically," the minister mentioned.

The invoice also 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 way that doesn't fit with the normative definition of male or feminine.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Enhancing by Invoice Berkrot

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