As a practicing licensed mental health provider, I have worked first hand with client who have been forced to participate in conversion therapy. To a person, there stories are marked by trauma, lack of agency, and feelings of marginalization related to having such an important aspect of their identity suppressed. Further, the American Psychological Association and American Medical Association both have policy statements making it clear that both organizations think conversion therapy is unsupported by the relevant efficacy research. APA has gone further by recommending that jurisdictions consider banning such practices for minors. Overall, conversion therapy is a damaging, oppressive, and scientifically unsupported treatment that should be banned by the board of Medicine.