Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

A huge rainbow flag is seen in front of the parliament building during a homosexual delight 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 observe aimed at suppressing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity and which the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, as well as well being consultants, have condemned as harmful.

Below the bill, which Greece's parliament authorised, psychologists or different well being professionals want a person's specific consent to carry out such therapy and face fines and a jail term if they violate the legislation.

The federal 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 remedy earlier this year.

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"There were some false treatments that acknowledged that when a minor has chosen a distinct sexual orientation, his dad and mom could supposedly proceed with 'therapies' for this little one to 'return to normality'", Health Minister Thanos Plevris told parliament this week.

"Obviously these therapies not only will not be a therapy however they aren't supported scientifically," the minister mentioned.

The invoice additionally bans promoting 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 method that does not match with the normative definition of male or feminine.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Editing by Bill Berkrot

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