French MPs vote on law criminalising gay conversion therapies
https://t.co/570ArRE3jjThe bill defines conversion therapies as "repeated practices, behaviours or words aimed at modifying or repressing the sexual orientation or gender identity" of a person and "having the effect of altering his or her physical or mental health".Journalist Jean-Loup Adénor, who co-authored a book about occult practices to “cure” homosexuals in the United States in France, said the bill was unlikely to lead to a drastic reduction in conversion therapies, which are “sometimes very secret". “What is important is that there are judicial instruments for victims to obtain reparation,” he told the Ouest France daily newspaper.Therapies 'done in secret'In France two groups are identified as engaging in conversion therapies: the.
