Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

A huge rainbow flag is seen in entrance of the parliament building during a homosexual satisfaction 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 practice aimed toward suppressing a person's sexual orientation or gender id and which the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and trans neighborhood worldwide, as well as well being specialists, have condemned as harmful.

Underneath the bill, which Greece's parliament approved, psychologists or different health professionals need a person's explicit consent to carry out such treatment and face fines and a prison time period in the event that they violate the legislation.

The government has drafted a nationwide technique that runs until 2025 on reforms selling gender equality in Greece, a largely conservative country. Canada, New Zealand and France criminalized conversion remedy earlier this 12 months.

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"There were some false remedies that said that when a minor has chosen a different sexual orientation, his mother and father could supposedly proceed with 'therapies' for this youngster to 'return to normality'", Health Minister Thanos Plevris informed parliament this week.

"Obviously these treatments not solely are usually not a therapy but they aren't supported scientifically," the minister stated.

The invoice also bans promoting such practices.

Plevris added that Greece additionally plans to ban surgeries on intersex infants and babies born with atypical chromosomes that affect their reproductive anatomy in a method that does not fit with the normative definition of male or female.

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Editing by Invoice Berkrot

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