Greece bans LGBTQ conversion remedy

A huge rainbow flag is seen in front 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 apply aimed toward suppressing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identification and which the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and trans group worldwide, as well as health experts, have condemned as dangerous.

Beneath the invoice, which Greece's parliament approved, psychologists or different well being professionals need a person's explicit consent to perform such remedy and face fines and a prison term in the event that they violate the regulation.

The federal government has drafted a national 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 year.

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

"Obviously these treatments not only usually are not a remedy but they don't seem to be supported scientifically," the minister stated.

The invoice additionally bans promoting such practices.

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

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Reporting by Renee Maltezou Editing by Bill Berkrot

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