Hello, I am writing to you to place a permanent ban on so-called "conversion therapy" - an unscientific practice based purely on repression, fear, and hate. Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer are not mental illnesses!

Using conversion therapy is extremely dangerous leading to life long depression and suicide. No one - NO ONE - should be shamed for being who they are. By establishing a solid guidance that outlaws this practice, the state of Virginia shows that it has the best health and well being of all its citizens firmly in mind. It would also protect the most vulnerable from criminal manipulation by hack therapists. Please take the necessary steps to end this cruelty.

Thank you,

Susan King