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Speaking in Parliament on behalf of the Nationalist Party, Opposition MP Graziella Attard Previ revealed that the position of her party is in favour of the bill which seeks to outlaw gay conversion therapy advertisement.
Attard Previ described the therapy as fake and based on ‘fear and shame’ of LGBTIQ+ people, designed to harm subjects psychologically.
Despite Malta banning gay conversion therapy back in 2016, the law did not make it a crime to promote them. The amendments were announced by Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg in January, revealing that anyone found guilty of promoting them would risk a five month jail term or a fine between €1,000 and €5,000.
Buttigieg also highlighted on Monday that despite the 2016 law, authorities were finding it difficult to prosecute those promoting gay conversion services.
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