Victory for plaintiff against electroshock therapy clinic in China's first gay conversion case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Chinese psychological clinic has been ordered to pay compensation to a gay man who sued it for administering electric shocks intended to make him heterosexual.
The case brought by Yang Teng is believed to be the first in China 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 ($560) to compensate Yang for costs incurred in the therapy.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Li said the court also ruled that there was no need to administer shocks because homosexuality did not require treatment.
Calls to the court rang unanswered, and a person at the clinic hung up when the case was mentioned.
China declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder in 2001, although no laws outlaw discrimination against sexual minorities.