Rejection ruled my life as an unrelenting symphony of lies, as I attempted every which way to gain acceptance.

I believe that God’s answer to my prayer, ‘Please remove this from me,’ was, ‘Here’s an opportunity to stop hiding. Would you like to take it?’

Christians were the people who loved me wholeheartedly and ultimately helped free me from the pain I had carried in my heart. They responded to my vulnerability with tenderness.

My freedom came as I surrendered my entire heart and mind to God and allowed him to reshape me as a whole person.

None of the many psychologists, pastors, and teachers who tried to help me knew what to do or how to address the impact of my broken family on my identity.

I thought because of my choices God had abandoned me, but instead I discovered He had never left.

I became aware that He was the real man I had been looking for all my life, and though I had always tried to love Him, I never realized how much He loved me, personally and intimately. Experiencing the love of Jesus literally changed my life forever.

As I chose to follow Jesus and surrender my sexuality to him, he began to show me what it meant to be a son and to walk in purity.

As my life took a turn, however, I became extremely excited about discovering God, serving Him, living my life for Him, and making the world around me a better place in which to live. Twenty-nine years later, and there has been no turning back!

I started seeing myself as a loved daughter and child of God. This perspective shift empowered me to see myself as the woman God created me to be. I realized the self-rejection I had carried for so long was not what God had for me.

I enjoy spending time with my children and grandchildren! …They would not have been born had it not been for the mighty work of God!

Today, I feel a long lasting, inner peace that I know only comes from God.

Miraculously, once I gave my life to Christ, I no longer struggled with homosexual desires, nor was I ever again tempted; the change in my life was dramatic and very public.

My surrender was the beginning of a transformational, intimate, and abiding relationship with Christ and His Spirit.

My transformation took place during a prayer vigil around my hospital bed on Easter Sunday, 2008, where I lay in a coma dying of AIDS.

I know God is doing something miraculous in my life and the way I see and express myself. "...it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.

God continuously pursued me in love as I was trying to both engage in same-sex relationships and be in relationship with Him

I find rest in God and in just being myself. I no longer worry if people assume I’m gay because I’m not 'masculine'. I’m content with who I am. God knows my heart.

I made a decision to pursue God for real and to walk away from my crazy lifestyle, and that's when He challenged me to take some risks.

In 2018 I became a follower of Jesus Christ. I let Him exchange all of my brokenness, pain, and hatred for His peace in return.