A new law in Germany will protect minors from being indoctrinated by 'gay conversion therapy' and the practice of any medical interventions attempting to suppress sexual orientation or gender identity.
The pseudoscientific gay conversion practice is based on the idea that being gay or transgender is an illness that can be treated. So-called treatment is often done undertaken using methods such as electric shock treatment, or prayer, both of which are believed to rid people of their homosexuality. Some 1,000 people undergo a form of 'conversion therapy' in Germany per year, according to the Berlin-based Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation.
The new German law will go into effect later this year, and does not affect consenting adults from seeking out and completing gay conversion therapy, if they so decide. However, under the new law, those conducting conversion therapies on those"whose consent is based on a lack of will if, for example, the practitioner does not inform them about the harmfulness of the treatment," may also be prosecuted.
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