"Conversion therapy" is child abuse. As someone who went through a version of this, to try to "fix" me to be who my parents wanted, I know no child should have to go through this experience. It wasn't right back then and it isn't right now. Parental love should be unconditional and you do not have the right to harm your child. This is abuse and it needs to be treated as such. I am happy with who I am and children should be free to be themselves without threats of "treatment" or shame. "Conversion" been debunked. It doesn't work and it leads to suicide. Anyone trying to "convert" a minor to not be LGBTQ is commiting harm to a minor, plus malpractice, and must face consequences. Individuals who actively seek out ways to harm their kids do not deserve to have custody. Children need love and acceptance, not being told they are not good as they are or that they are bad just for existing. "Conversion therapy" doesn't work, because it is not real. Leave the LGBTQ community alone and pass this ban, so that children are protected. Minors have the right to be safe. There can be no "religious" exemption. Abuse is abuse regardless of whether or not the person is a medical professional or has licensure. If a medical professional engages in abuse of a patient and minor by way of "conversion therapy", they must have their licensure revoked. Too many lives have been lost already. How many more children need to die before you change the law to protect them? Your chance is now. Please take it. "Conversion therapy" is evil and causes long lasting trauma into adulthood if a child manages to not take their own life. Protect our kids. Being LGBTQ is not wrong and it is not a crime. Protect LGBTQ minors now. Who else is going to protect them? Pass the ban on "conversion therapy". We are fine the way we are. We do not need "conversion".