Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
Chinese Man Wins Battle Against Gay Conversion Therapy Clinic
Posted
June 29, 2015
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6:05Now PlayingAJ+ shares the story of another victory for gay rights in China. A gay man in China took on a gay conversion clinic for maltreatment and won. Watch the full AJ+ video here
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"A Chinese court has ruled a psychological clinic must pay damages to a gay man after treating him with electroshock therapy in an attempt to make him heterosexual.
The Beijing court on Friday ruled that the clinic must pay Yang Teng 3,500 yuan, or $562, and post a public apology on its website for the so-called conversion therapy. Yang said in his lawsuit that the shock treatments traumatized him.
In the case, thought to be the first of its kind in China, the court also ruled that the shocks were unnecessary because homosexuality does not require treatment."
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