Legality of conversion therapy
Legality of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts
Legality of conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. As of October 2026, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy. Fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain. Eight ban its practice by medical professionals (or, in some cases, those who receive monetary compensation without necessarily being medical experts) only: Albania, Brazil, Chile, Greece, India, Israel, Taiwan and Vietnam. Another seven, namely Argentina, Fiji, Nauru, Paraguay, Samoa, Switzerland and Uruguay, have bans for diagnoses based solely on sexual orientation or gender identity, 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, jurisdictions within Australia and the...
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