The court’s decision will enable the overturning of her state’s ban on conversion therapy for minors and set a new precedent for other states. For two decades, gay conversion was central to the cult I was a part of, which had been founded by a poet and self-styled philosopher. As I pushed the cult’s gay conversion efforts, I convinced myself we were helping gay men and women achieve their goals. Conversion therapy doesn’t work. Regardless of the intention, gay conversion therapy on young and vulnerable people is psychological abuse —whether sanctioned by the Supreme Court or not.