“Conversion therapy, reparative therapy, is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.”

“An estimated 20,000 LGBTQ minors in states without protections will be subjected to conversion therapy by a licensed healthcare professional if state officials fail to act.”

“I felt trapped as a young man with same-sex desires and sought to find deliverance. At first, I believed that I could just fill my life with God and Jesus then the bad thoughts would go away.”

“He told me he could make me happy with the body I was born with. He caused me to scar, starve, and attempt to kill this body. He was a licensed Christian therapist. Conversion therapy is psychological torture. Conversion therapists no longer dictate my satisfaction or how I choose to live my life. I am a proud transgender person, and I survived.”

“I just want to be free.”