Conversion therapies are unscientific and ineffective, but they remain on offer at many clinics across China. - AFP/file
Beijing (AFP) - A Chinese court has ordered a psychiatric hospital to compensate and apologise to a gay man who was forced to undergo conversion therapy -- a ruling hailed by LGBT rights groups.
The 37-year-old man had been forcibly placed in the institution by his family in October 2015, shortly after he revealed his homosexuality to his wife and asked for a divorce, according to the verdict seen by AFP on Tuesday.
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