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Victory for plaintiff in gay conversion case
A Chinese psychological clinic was ordered Friday to pay compensation to a gay man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual, in what is believed to be Chinaâs first case involving so-called conversion therapy
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Chinese psychological clinic was ordered Friday to pay compensation to a gay man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual, in what is believed to be China's first case involving so-called conversion therapy.
Lawyer Li Duilong said the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing ordered the clinic to pay 3,500 yuan (U$560) to compensate Yang Teng for costs incurred in the therapy.
Li said the court also ruled that there was no need to administer shocks because homosexuality did not require treatment. A suit against search engine giant Baidu for advertising the clinic was dismissed.
Calls to the court rang unanswered, and a person at the clinic hung up when the case was mentioned.
Reached by phone, Yang said he was 'very satisfied with the results, which I didn't expect. The court sided with me, and it has supported that homosexuality is not a mental disease that requires treatment.'
Yang said the therapy included hypnosis and electric shocks that harmed him both physically and emotionally
