Legality of conversion therapy

Legality of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts

Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy, fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain; seven ban its practice by medical professionals only: Albania, Brazil, Chile, India, Israel, Taiwan and Vietnam; another seven, named Argentina, Fiji, Nauru, Paraguay, Samoa, Switzerland and Uruguay, have indirect bans in that diagnoses based solely on sexual orientation or gender identity are banned without specifically banning conversion therapy, this effectively amounts to a ban on health professionals since they would not generally engage in therapy without a diagnosis. In addition, some jurisdictions within Australia, the Philippines and the United States also ban conversion therapy. In South Africa, the case law has found conversion therapy to be unlawful. Bills banning conversion therapy are being considered in Austria, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Poland, while bills restricting conversion therapy are being considered in Denmark, Italy, Japan, Sweden and Thailand.

This keyword could refer to multiple things. Here are some suggestions: