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Conversion therapy bans conflate sexual orientation and gender identity, and so also seek to ban talk therapy to help gender-confused kids, including gay and proto-gay kids, to feel comfortable with their bodies. Instead, they want “gender-affirming” medical intervention as the only allowed treatment for distress experienced by minors who don’t conform to traditional gender stereotypes (i.e., “masculine” girls and “effeminate” boys). That’s why growing numbers of LGB people oppose “conversion therapy” bans by local and national governments.