Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

An enormous rainbow flag is seen in front of the parliament constructing during a gay pride 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 observe aimed toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender id and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, as well as well being specialists, have condemned as dangerous.

Below the invoice, which Greece's parliament approved, psychologists or other health professionals want an individual's specific consent to carry out such treatment and face fines and a prison time period if 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 nation. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion therapy earlier this yr.

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

"Clearly these remedies not solely will not be a therapy but they are not supported scientifically," the minister said.

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 have an effect on their reproductive anatomy in a means that doesn't fit with the normative definition of male or female.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Editing by Bill Berkrot

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