Conversion therapy is an unethical religious and medical practice used to change someone's sexual or gender orientation. This practice has been scientifically proven ineffective and harmful to those who receive it. 

A popular misconception about conversion therapy is that it simply allows people to express their emotions, however, the most common method of conversion therapy is physical abuse, such as the use of corporal punishment on children.

For a long time, conversion therapy went understudied and underreported. A recent and extensive study by the International Rehabilitation Council of Torture Victims shows that in the most extreme cases of conversion therapy, people are subject to electroconvulsive therapy, aversive treatments using electric shocks, or vomit-inducing drugs, exorcism, or ritual cleansing.

victims are 7 times more likely to suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts during and after their therapy; victims are also 8 times more likely to have  PTSD and various other mental disorders.

In Wisconsin, conversion therapy is still legal, and we hope to get this petition out to the Wisconsin state senate and house to better solidify the need for it to be banned.