The European Commission intends to present a recommendation to EU member states calling for a ban on so-called conversion therapy.<\/p>\n
This move by the Brussels-based authority comes in response to a European Citizens\u2019 Initiative backed by more than 1.1 million supporters, which called on the commission in particular to introduce an EU-wide, legally binding ban.<\/p>\n
The practices aim to dissuade people from their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.<\/p>\n
The commission intends to adopt the recommendation \u2013 which is not binding on member states \u2013 next year.<\/p>\n
The responsibility lies primarily with the member states, said Hadja Lahbib, the EU Commissioner for Equality. They must put an end to these harmful practices, she said.<\/p>\n
According to the commission\u2019s statement, these interventions are based on the false notion that LGBTIQ+ people are ill, and can cause long-term psychological and physical harm.<\/p>\n
“There is nothing to cure in LGBTIQ+ people,” Lahbib said. “What they need is freedom, protection, and safety. We will not let you down.”<\/p>\n
In Germany, practices aimed at the supposed “cure” of homosexuality and transsexuality in children and young people have been banned since 2020. Such measures are permitted on adults under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n
Legal bans exist in seven other EU countries: Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal, according to the commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Commission intends to present a recommendation to EU member states calling for a ban on so-called…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2385],"tags":[26373,1848,1968,256,22801],"class_list":{"0":"post-42892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-european-commission","8":"tag-conversion-therapies","9":"tag-eu-commission","10":"tag-eu-member-states","11":"tag-european-commission","12":"tag-hadja-lahbib"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}