Kerala HC issues notice to Kozhikode hospital on Lesbian couple plea against conversion therapy
Kochi: In a significant legal development, a lesbian couple hailing from Malappuram has approached the Kerala High Court, levying serious allegations against their parents and the hospital for using forced conversion therapy on one of them. Some use conversion therapy without any scientific ground as a means to change someone's sexual orientation.
The petitioners, whose identities remain undisclosed, have also implicated a private hospital in Kozhikode, accusing it of subjecting one of them to coercive conversion treatments. Acting on the plea, the bench headed by Justice Devan Ramachandran has issued notices to the respondents, including the private hospital, scheduling the case for hearing after two weeks.
According to the petitioners, their relationship spans over three years. However, complications arose when one of the petitioners' parents filed a missing person report with the local police. The judicial first-class magistrate court in Malappuram granted the couple permission to stay together. Despite securing permission from the court, the first petitioner was allegedly forcibly taken away by her parents and subjected to conversion therapy against her consent, Times of India.
