Ep 897 | A Detransitioner on the Lie of Trans ‘Joy’ | Guest: Laura Perry Smalts (Part Two)

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today, we’re joined again by detransitioner Laura Perry Smalts, author of "Transgender to Transformed: A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free," to continue her testimony of how she went from believing she was a man to embracing her womanhood under Christ. Laura shares the timeline of her hormone "treatments," double mastectomy and hysterectomy, and the moment she realized that these surgeries and treatments wouldn't actually make her a man. We discuss the common claim made by "trans" people that they are truly happier after transitioning and the truth that it's often a lie to keep up appearances and convince themselves of the lie. Laura shares her heartbreak at realizing she had lost the opportunity to have children and how God ultimately reached her at her lowest. We talk about the dignity in biblical womanhood, God's love for women, and how these truths led Laura to accept who God made her to be. We also share some advice on how to approach loved ones who think they're trans. Check out Laura's ministry here: First Stone Ministries --- Timecodes: (01:10) "Top surgery" & facing reality (10:11) Hysterectomy regret (12:23) Finding the Lord (18:29) Seeing herself as a woman (23:21) Interacting with Christians who knew she was "trans" (27:27) Detransitioners & common problems (31:05) Biblical womanhood & God's love for women (35:41) Emotional extortion (39:40) How to approach friends and family who think they're trans --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers — get $30 OFF your box today at GoodRanchers.com – make sure to use code 'ALLIE' when you subscribe. You'll also lock in your price for two full years with a subscription to Good Ranchers! Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 878-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' to get free activation! Seven Weeks Coffee — Seven Weeks is a pro-life coffee company with a simple mission: DONATE 10% of every sale to pregnancy care centers across America. Get your organically farmed and pesticide-free coffee at sevenweekscoffee.com and let your coffee serve a greater purpose. Use the promo code 'ALLIE' to save 10% off your order. Brave Books — go to BraveBooks.com and get BRAVE’s newest book free when you subscribe to their Freedom Island Book Club! Use code ALLIE to get a FREE book and 20% off your subscription. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 667 | After Hormones & Surgery, She Found Christ | Guest: Sophia Galvin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-667-after-hormones-surgery-she-found-christ-guest/id1359249098?i=1000577362561 Ep 884 | Sex Change Regret: Why the Surgeries Never Work | Guest: Scott Newgent https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-884-sex-change-regret-why-the-surgeries-never-work/id1359249098?i=1000630220531 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is part two of a two-part conversation with Laura Perry, who lived for nine years
0:05.6	presenting as a man named Jake, but who was transformed by the power of the gospel,
0:12.0	and realized that her true identity as a woman is what God had created for her and also
0:18.9	with God had called her to fulfill.
0:22.1	And so today she is going to continue her story, continue to draw gospel-centered lessons
0:27.5	out of what she experienced and specifically highlight the path of redemption and healing
0:33.0	that God took her on as she retransitioned into who she always really was a woman named
0:41.3	Laura.
0:42.5	This is an incredible story of God's healing power and how he can and will save anyone
0:50.5	that he wants to save and redeem.
0:53.1	This episode is brought to you by our friends at GoodRanchers, go to GoodRanchers.com, use
0:59.1	code Allie.
1:00.1	Check out that's GoodRanchers.com, code Allie.
1:11.3	You were taking the testosterone, presenting as a man, I'm guessing that gave you facial
1:16.0	hair, it deepened your voice, and then how long were you on testosterone before you decided
1:22.0	to get what they call top surgery, which is a double mastectomy?
1:26.1	Yeah, I was on hormones for probably a little, I started in September, October of 2007,
1:32.0	living as trans, but I wouldn't able to get hormones for several months, so it was maybe
1:35.6	a year and a half that I was on hormones.
1:38.7	So not really very long, and you were really chasing that high of thinking, at first when
1:44.5	you were on testosterone, you felt good.
1:46.7	And then after a while, that high kind of wears off and you're like, no, well, I have to
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