Conversion therapy is harmful to mental health. We know that the rainbow community experiences worse mental health. University of Auckland research shows that same- or multiple-sex attracted people have higher rates of depressive symptoms, self-harm, and suicide attempts. The Counting Ourselves survey documents worse mental health for trans people living in Aotearoa. Behind those statistics, I think of the many friends that I know who have had those experiences: the friend who buried his boyfriend when he was in his 30s; the girlfriends who bounced in and out of mental health wards.