So, what is conversion therapy? Its opponents say it’s “treatment intended to change the identity or behavior of gay and transgender people.” They base this on the assumption that a child can honestly believe he or she was born in the wrong body or that attraction to the same sex is so normal that any attempt to change it is the problem. Never mind that armies of teachers, counselors, therapists, and others work incessantly to convince children to question their gender identities.

So when parents try to take charge and remind their child, who was born a girl, that she is a girl in reality, that’s simply affirmation of her sex. But that's not how the Left sees it.

Opponents of conversion therapy have so reframed the issue that trying to reverse an unnatural change or 'transition' is deemed change itself. This raises the question: If you try to convince your child not to change, is that really an attempt to change him or her? It seems like it should be the other way around, but that’s how gaslighting works.