Is conversion therapy banned in Brazil?
Partial ban
Brazil bans conversion therapy for psychologists via professional council norms, though no nationwide criminal ban exists.
Brazil is one of 17 countries classified “Partial ban” for conversion therapy — 7% of the 235 with data.
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Bolivia
- Partial ban Bolivia's Ministry of Health bans conversion therapy in health facilities through a 2022 standard.
- Suriname
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Paraguay
- Partial ban Paraguay bans diagnosing sexual orientation as mental illness but does not explicitly ban the therapy practice itself.
- Guyana
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Peru
- Partial ban Peru bans conversion therapy for medical professionals via Ministry of Health clarification, but lacks a general criminal ban.
- Venezuela
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
Other laws in Brazil
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
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