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Germany bans conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth
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metroweekly.comPhoto: Christian Wiediger / Unsplash The German parliament has passed a law banning the harmful practice of conversion therapy, which falsely claims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Under the new law, conversion therapy is banned for those under the age of 18, as well as for adults who are forcibly subjected to it, PinkNews reports.
Conversion therapy, which can take the form of talk therapy or more extreme measures such as aversion and electroshock therapy, has been debunked by the American Medical Association and declared ineffective by a number of prominent former conversion therapy — or “ex-gay” — advocates. “Homosexuality is not a disease,” said Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn, who is gay. “That’s why
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