sentences:  The MCP (Malta Chamber of Psychologists), the MAP (Maltese Association of Psychiatry), the MACP (Malta Association for the Counselling Profession) and the MAFT & SP (Malta Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice) had given their full support to the bill.The bill unanimously passed its final reading on 6 December, becoming the "Affirmation of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression Act" ().Malta thus became the first country in the European Union to prohibit the use of conversion therapy.