E209: I Transitioned 40 Years Ago - Now I Regret Everything w/Walt Heyer | Lila Rose Show
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4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2025
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
It started with a purple dress and words of affirmation from his grandmother. What followed was a spiral of confusion, rejection, and pain that nearly destroyed Walt Heyer’s life. Transgender surgery. A suicide attempt. And then—something no one saw coming. Walt’s story is heartbreaking, raw, and ultimately redemptive. It will shake you—and remind you that no one is beyond the reach of God’s healing love.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:08 - Journey began in 1944
00:09:59 - Hallow
00:10:55 - His parents found out
00:16:22 - Learns about “transsexual”
00:19:41 - Cozy Earth
00:20:33 - Ever reconcile with his parents?
00:26:35 - Gender Doctor & Gender Dysphoria
00:29:41 - EveryLife
00:30:41 - What does “reassignment” surgery look like?
00:33:50 - Faith and seeing God during this
00:42:56 - Wrote a poem to God
00:49:04 - What brought you back to Walt?
00:52:01 - How did you heal?
00:53:59 - EMDR and Therapy
01:02:52 - Autogynephilia
01:18:45 - How does trauma lead to gender dysphoria?
01:21:00 - Stop the madness
01:22:09 - How to affirm genders:
01:24:59 - Do you regret your surgeries?
01:29:44 - What about Bruce Jenner?
01:40:48 - Parents do not know what trauma is
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In 1944, my grandmother put me in the dress, told me how cute I was. |
| 0:04.0 | Affirmation is mind-altering. |
| 0:06.6 | Why was she doing that to you? |
| 0:07.8 | At that time, there were no words. |
| 0:09.3 | I didn't even understand there were other people until Christine Jorgensen hit the news in the mid-50s. |
| 0:15.2 | Army soldier becomes transsexual. |
| 0:18.0 | So I thought, oh, there's the word. |
| 0:19.6 | So that becomes an identity you become aware of. |
| 0:21.6 | Yeah, I'm wondering if that's who I am. But there's no other voice saying, no, you're not. |
| 0:25.6 | I decided to go see a gender specialist. |
| 0:27.6 | Sounds like he was excited to have a candidate that he could run his project on. |
| 0:31.6 | Yeah. I trashed it all with one ridiculous mistake of allowing somebody to carve me up like a piece of sushi. |
| 0:41.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:42.8 | Welcome back to The Lila Rose Show. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm sitting down today with Walt Hire, who is the, in some ways, original outspoken, detransitioner. |
| 0:51.6 | He is also someone who has offered free of charge, support and counsel to |
| 0:56.5 | thousands of other individuals who themselves have struggled with what the culture is calling |
| 1:01.0 | gender dysphoria. In this conversation, Walt shares some really incredible insights. He debunked |
| 1:06.8 | some of the myths around the transgender issue. He talks about what parents should do if their child may be struggling with what they think is gender dysphoria and so much more. |
| 1:15.7 | You're not going to want to miss this episode. |
| 1:17.7 | This episode that you're about to watch also has special bonus content that you can go check out at rosereport. |
| 1:22.6 | com. |
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