Dr. J Show | May 29, 2024 - Daisy Strongin

Daisy Strongin detransitioned after identifying as a man for five years. She is now a married mother of two. She is also an activist for detransitioners and to persuade medical and mental health professionals to engage in ethical conversations surrounding gender dysphoria.

"If I had been banned from social media as a child, I would not have transitioned," Strongin says. "I was struggling with depression and bad self-esteem. I was also just impressionable and 14… There were so many reputable people, like doctors and mental health professionals saying, 'Yep, this is the standard treatment for this.'"

"The transgender conversation was sexy," Strongin says. "I was deluded and brainwashed."

"Everyone was gaslighting my parents, as well as me." Therapists told her parents this will be beneficial for 'him,' and you need to do this.

"When I started, I was immature and was able to disconnect myself from reality in a way that just kind of stopped working… [Later] I realized, something needs to change because if I keep doing what I'm doing, my life's not going to be good. And it was pretty obvious what needed to change."

"I felt less whole than I did before I started… I realized men and women are not actually interchangeable. They are different in very profound ways."

Hear Strongin's advice to parents and grandparents of transitioners by watching the full episode on Locals, or find the first half only on YouTube, Bitchute, or Odysee.

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Setting Pride Aside

June is nearly upon us. That means pride flags will spring up everywhere. The Ruth Institute, however, is celebrating something different: brave men and women who have set pride aside and left the LGBT identity.

This is why we're declaring the first Sunday in June, June 2, Ex-Gay Visibility Day.

These souls are made invisible, ignored, or told they are just lying to themselves or were never gay in the first place.

We know otherwise. Throughout the month of June, we'll be interviewing those who have journeyed away from an LGBT identity to live healthy, happy lives in opposite-sex relationships. Hear their stories and help us in our campaign to make them more visible.

No one should be told they were 'born that way' or 'once gay, always gay.' No one should be trapped in a life they were never meant to live. There is always hope for a more fulfilling life.

We aim to get that message to the world by highlighting the stories of ex-gays. Stay with us!

Not to Blame: The Universal Reality of Grooming and Sexual Abuse

by Faith Hakesley at "Advice from a Survivor"

Grooming and abuse know no boundaries. The person sitting next to you in church, on the train, or walking by you in the grocery story could be a victim of abuse.

Grooming, a manipulative process where an abuser builds trust and emotional connection with a victim with the purpose of abusing them, can happen to anyone. The frightening reality is that no one is immune to the threat of abuse, but victims are never to blame.

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A now for a little levity...

Prayer Corner for:

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a 29-year-old daughter who has been injecting testosterone since January, trying to become a man.
a husband to stop drinking.
both of them to seek conversion of mind, body and soul.
a girl being led astray by a therapist into thinking she may be a boy.
RA to go to church, know and love Jesus, and desire His salvation.
Lennon and Emmett's parents to have them baptized.
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