Conversion therapy

Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific practice to change one's gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation to align with cisgender and heterosexual norms norms, such practices typically view homosexuality and gender variance as "unnatural" or "unhealthy". Scientific research shows that conversion therapy is ineffective at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and that it frequently causes significant, long-term psychological harm in individuals who undergo it, such as depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide.