“Conversion therapy” is not about mental health. It’s about religious fanaticism and intolerance. It is so often forced on people, young and old, by those who seek to “repair” a part of ourselves that isn’t broken. It is emotionally damaging, counter-productive, and dangerous, and there is no legitimate peer-reviewed research to support this awful, ignorant practice. Indeed, research DOES show that it increases mental health problems like depression and is associated with higher rates of suicide. Please ban this practice in the Commonwealth.