The bottom line is that freedom does not cover this. Harmful, ineffective procedures are not allowed just because people want them.
Just try going into a hospital and telling them you want some mercury to cure your headache. Are they wrong to squelch you freedom and refuse to allow the treatment? Shit no.
Hey it doesn’t work but if an individual choose to go through it 100% voluntarily what’s the issue? Beats the conversation therapy done in some other parts of the world... Throwing off of roofs and forced sexual reassignment surgery and stonings...
@Ozuye502 the problem is the vast majority put into convesion therapy are not there by choice. if someone is there by choice then that's fine but many parents seeing being gay as "wrong" force it on their kids
@Ozuye502 In my opinion the only reason the LGBT person thinks they need "conversion therapy" is because they live in an intolerant society telling them that their consenting love for another consenting adult is wrong.
If the person thinks they need conversion therapy for being any of the LGBT categories, it is likely they have what's called internalized homophobia. That term comes about when the person has an internal conflict with the self mainly due to a lack of support network or being told that they have a mental disorder.
In some cases can even create hostility towards members of the LGBT community because the person in question was taught not to accept their true feelings and instead was taught that LGBT people are to be hated.