Greece bans LGBTQ conversion therapy

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 an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, in addition to well being experts, have condemned as dangerous.

Under the invoice, which Greece's parliament authorized, psychologists or different well being professionals want a person's explicit consent to carry out such remedy and face fines and a prison time period if they violate the legislation.

The federal government has drafted a national technique that runs until 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 parents could supposedly proceed with 'remedies' for this youngster to 'return to normality'", Well being Minister Thanos Plevris told parliament this week.

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

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 have an effect on their reproductive anatomy in a approach that doesn't match with the normative definition of male or feminine.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Enhancing by Bill Berkrot

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