As an educator and the parent of an LGBTQ+ child, I strongly support legislation to outlaw the practice of "conversion therapy." These practices are without scientific foundation, relying on outdated and harmfully stigmatizing ideas about homosexuality and gender identity. There is ample testimony from survivors of such programs that they cause incredible harm to vulnerable children who are often forced to endure these "therapeutic" practices by unsympathetic parents and faith groups, and also that they don't actually work to accomplish their misguided goals; instead, they can lead to increased depression, diminished self-esteem, and self-harm. "Conversion therapy" has no place in a modern, tolerant society.