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in%*eing%.% %no%longer%find%it%necessary%or%even%appealing%to%*e%seen%as%0ennifer.% 1y%real%identity%is%contained%within%the%name%to%which% %pro'dly%answer:%0erry.% 5o'%can%contact%0erry%7each%at:% Ceality%Ceso'rces% E9%6ox%>?5@8 7exington&%45%"@58H http://www.transchristians.org/people/jerry-leach/leach-interview An nter!iew "it# Jerry $ea%# A Former Transsexual and Transvestite 8ond'cted%*y%$avid%4yle%Foster from "Mastering Life" Newsletter # 12 & 13 &a!id - Could you s'end some time telling us your life story - w#at #a''ened to you and w#at t#e $ord did to res%ue you from your se(ual sin and %onfusion? Jerry -%:ell%that(s%a%*ig%*ite/%1y%life%story%in%a%n'tshell%is:% %was%a%*oy% who%*y%the%age%of%three%or%three%and%a%half%years%decided%that%*eing%a% *oy%was%not%necessarily%the%most%wonderf'l%thing%in%the%world&%and%in%fact% the%idea%*ecame%more%deplora*le%as%life%went%on. %didn(t%have%s'fficient%masc'line%role%models%aro'nd%to%draw%me%into% manhood.%.hat%isn(t%*lame%shifting%on%my%part&%that%was%j'st%a%fact.% (m% not%*laming%my%dad%-%he%was%j'st%wrapped%'p%in%his%own%wor+-a-day% world&%ma+ing%a%living&%and%there%were%a%lot%of%false%perceptions%on%my% part%as%a%+id.%5o'%can(t%always%thin+%concretely%as%a%little%one&%and%a%lot%of% things%that% %tho'ght&%which%*ecame%core%*eliefs&%foc'sed%aro'nd%my%dad% not%*eing%there%for%me.%,nd%of%co'rse%as%little%+id% %didn(t%reali-e%he%was% wor+ing%long%hard%ho'rs%at%night&%trying%to%catch%some%sleep%d'ring%the% day&%and%then%wor+ing%+ind%of%a%second%jo*%d'ring%the%evening.%6't%to%me&% he%j'st%wasn(t%there.%<e%was%emotionally%distant%a%lot%of%the%time%and%j'st% wasn(t%there%for%me%when% %tho'ght% %needed%him&%altho'gh%he%was% providing%well%for%'s.%,nd%*eca'se%of%that%core%*elief%that% %had%a*o't%my% dad&%*onding%really%never%occ'rred%*etween%my%dad%and%myself. %opted%for%the%feminine&%which%was%more%comforta*le.% %got%a%lot%of% attention%from%girls%in%the%neigh*orhood&%and%a%great%deal%of%attention% from%my%mom&%so%my%mom%and%myself%were%very%close%while%my%yo'nger% *rother%was%very%close%to%my%dad.% %learned%to%identify%with%mom%very% early%on.%6y%the%age%of%three%and%a%half%or%so% %was%cross-dressing%with% little%neigh*orhood%girls%and%enjoying%their%clean%world%of%lace%and%dollies.% t%was%a%safe%environment%as%opposed%to%the%masc'line%world%that% %saw% as%+ind%of%threatening&%dirty&%sl'tty&%and%which%involved%a%lot%of%st'ff%that% 7

j'st%wasn(t%appealing%to%me.% %j'st%decided%*y%the%age%of%three%and%a%half% that%it%wo'ld%*e%safer%and%*etter%to%*e%a%girl. &a!id - &o you #a!e any idea w#at it was a)out you t#at made you more attra%ted to t#e safer* more 'ut toget#er world of your mot#er? Jerry -% %don(t%+now.% %thin+%that%*asically% %didn(t%have%a%male%role%model% who%was%strong%eno'gh%to%draw%me%into%the%masc'line&%and%yo'%+now&% there%is%a%lot%of%#pop-psychology#%o't%there%and%a%lot%of%theories% s'rro'nding%this%iss'e.%6't%we(re%wor+ing%with%a%lot%of%people%right%now% who%are%coming%o't%of%this%lifestyle%and%there%are%a%lot%of%common%threads% that%r'n%in%stories.%9ne%of%them%is%the%desire%to%*e%li+e%mommy.% %thin+%if% there%is%any%one%strong%thing%that%r'ns%thro'gh%the%lives%of%most%of%'s&%it% is%that%we%j'st%didn(t%*ond%s'fficiently%with%dad%and%we%were%trying%to% *ond%with%mom%-%and%that%was%even%on%sha+y%gro'nd.%For%many%of%'s%we% had%a%lot%of%anxio'sness%a*o't%leaving%mom(s%side.% %li+e%what%Aordon% $al*ey%wrote%in%his%*oo+&%<ealing%the%1asc'line%)o'l&%and%also%his%*oo+&% Father%and%)on.% t%is%how%the%*oy%j'st%isn(t%s'fficiently%drawn%into% manhood%*y%an%appealing%eno'gh%role%model.%,ltho'gh%we%were%close&% something%happened%early%on%to%my%relationship%with%mom%-%and% %thin+%it% had%to%do%with%her%having%to%go%*ac+%to%wor+%shortly%after%my%*irth.%,% psychologist%wo'ld%call%that%#anxiety%separation#.% %don(t%+now%what%all% goes%into%that%except%that% %thin+%that%a%lot%of%the%clothing%that% represented%mom%was%the%very%clothing%that%*ecame%my%#dr'g%of%choice#% -%to%find%closeness%to%mom%thro'gh%articles%of%her%clothing%early%on%and%in% articles%of%clothing%that%sym*oli-ed%mom%in%later%years. &a!id - As you grew into your adoles%ent years* did t#ings e!ol!e into 'er!erse )e#a!ior or did it remain at a %ertain le!el? Jerry -% n%my%own%life%it%started%with%simply%cross-dressing%into%mommy(s% dresses%li+e%all%the%girls%did%in%the%neigh*orhood%-%having%tea%parties%and% playing%with%dolls%and%so%forth&%and% %j'st%enjoyed%that%world.% %j'st% enjoyed%the%frills&%the%dresses&%the%feel%of%it.% %enjoyed%*eing%in%a%girl(s% world. 9ne%significant%thing%that%happened%to%me&%and% %am%finding%this%is%very% characteristic%among%those%of%'s%who%have%*een%involved%in%this%lifestyle&% is%that% %received%affirmation%and%attention%from%my%dad%when% %wo'ld% cross-dress.%<e%wo'ld%*e%passing%*y%and%wo'ld%say&%#1y%yo'%s're%ma+e%a% c'ter%girl%than%yo'%do%a%*oy#.%.hat%+ind%of%comment&%yo'%+now&%really% h'rt&%*'t%it%also%set%'p%within%my%thin+ing%that% %was%more%loved%and% accepted%as%a%girl%*y%my%dad.%,nd% %thin+%at%the%very%root%of%it%is%the%great% desire&%of%co'rse&%for%the%*oy%to%*e%accepted%and%loved%and%affirmed%*y% his%dad. %didn(t%really%sense%in%all%my%growing%'p%years%that% %co'ld%really%meas're% 'p%to%dad(s%expectations.%.his%is%not%an%attempt%to%portray%him%as%a%*ad% or%wic+ed%or%a%non-loving%individ'al.%<e%loved%his%family%dearly&%*'t%he% 8

j'st%said%some%careless%things%from%time%to%time%that%really%h'rt%me.%,nd% some%of%the%things%that%he%wo'ld%say%.%.%.%.%.%.% %was%a%*reech%*a*y&%and%in% those%days%it%was%a%very%diffic'lt%thing&%and%almost%too+%mom(s%life%in%the% process.%<e%reminded%me%on%many%occasions%that% %almost%+illed%mom.% ,nd%there%were%a%lot%of%comments%that%he%really%wanted%a%girl%&%really% preferred%a%girl&%and%in%fact%they%had%a%girl(s%name%pic+ed%o't%for%me.%5o'% +now%a%lot%of%people%do%that%&%and% %saw%that%information%as%a%child&%not% thin+ing%that%it%was%going%to%have%the%effect%that%it%did.% t%is%very% dangero's%to%say%st'ff%li+e%that%to%yo'r%child.%)o% %grew%'p%*elieving%that% a%girl(s%world%was%safer&%that%life%wo'ld%*e%*etter&%and%that% %wo'ld%*e% more%accepta*le%to%my%dad%and%to%my%mom%as%a%girl.%1y%mom%was%a% hairdresser&%yo'%+now&%and%she%always%wanted%a%da'ghter.%)he%had%two% sons&%and%she%wanted%a%da'ghter%to%pass%on%the%*'siness%to&%and% %was% left%with%the%core%*elief%that%life%wo'ld%*e%sweeter%as%a%girl. &a!id - T#e dri!e must #a!e )een 'retty strong to +ee' you engaging in )i,arre )e#a!ior in t#e fa%e of ridi%ule )y your 'eers? Jerry -%:ell&%it%was%a%shamef'l%thing.% %mean% %was%very%m'ch%aware%that% homosex'ality%was%ta*oo&%and%that%it%wasn(t%accepta*le%at%all.% t%wasn(t% accepta*le%to%me%personally%either/% %was%not%t'rned%on%*y%that%lifestyle%at% all. 5o'%+now&% %was%*orn%in%>I">.%$'ring%that%era%s'ch%things%as% transsex'ality%or%transvestism%-%yo'%had%to%go%to%the%dictionary%to%loo+% them%'p&%yo'%+now?%Eeople%j'st%didn(t%+now%m'ch%a*o't%it%*ac+%in%those% days&%and%for%me%to%even%tal+%a*o't%it%was%'nthin+a*le.%.he%only%person% that%+new%a*o't%it%as%far%as% %+new%when% %was%growing%'p%was%my%mom.% )he%+new%that% %cross-dressed%reg'larly&%and% %thin+%that%prod'ced%a%lot%of% g'ilt%in%her%and%a%great%deal%of%fr'stration%from%not%+nowing%what%to%do% with%her%son%who%was%'sing%her%clothing.%)he%+new%that% %was%getting%into% her%clothing%on%a%reg'lar%*asis%and%she%wo'ld%find%st'ff%in%my%closet%or%my% drawers&%yo'%+now.% t%was%very%disappointing%and%very%shoc+ing%and%she% didn(t%+now%what%to%do%with%that%information. 1y%dad%didn(t%find%o't%that% %was%involved%in%that%+ind%of%st'ff%actively% 'ntil% %was%a*o't%sixteen%or%seventeen%years%of%age&%at%which%point%he% *eat%the%living%tar%o't%of%me%and%called%me%all%+inds%of%names%-%one%of% which%was%homosex'al.% %+new% %wasn(t%homosex'al.% %was%not%attracted% to%men&%and%in%fact%if%anything&% %hated%men.% %didn(t%want%to%*e%with%men.% %wanted%to%associate%with%women.% %fo'nd%it%so%m'ch%more%comforta*le% to%*e%with%women&%to%date%women.% %co'ld%'nderstand%where%they%were% coming%from&%tho'gh% %myself%always%had%a%very%masc'line%*'ild%and% frame%-%low%voice&%heavy%*eard&%all%that%+ind%of%st'ff.% %j'st%felt%more%and% more%and%more%that% %was%really%a%girl%on%the%inside.%6't% %+now%now%that% %grew%'p%thin+ing%that%it%wo'ld%*e%more%comforta*le%*eing%a%girl&%and% then% %opted%for%the%line&%or%sho'ld% %say%the%lie%that%o'r%society%p'ts%o't% there&%that%yo'%are%really%j'st%expressing%yo'r%feminine%side&%which%is% dominant.%.hat(s%nothing%*'t%a%lie%and% (ve%seen%the%error%of%that. 9

&a!id - -ne t#ing t#at want to get )a%+ to is t#e se%re%y in w#i%# you #ad to li!e. T#is must #a!e #ad a damaging effe%t on your self-image and your 'sy%#ologi%al #ealt#? Jerry -%=ndo'*tedly/% %mean&% %was%scared%half%of%my%life&%yo'%+now?% % was%afraid%of%*eing%discovered.% %wo'ld%often%stay%away%from%many% activities%-%sports%activities%or%whatever%where% %wo'ld%have%to%go%into%a% shower%room%with%the%other%g'ys&%*eca'se%my%legs%were%shaved&%my%*ody% was%shaved%from%hair&%and%ninety%percent%of%the%time% %had%nail%polish%on% my%toes%-%that%+ind%of%st'ff.%,ll%the%time%while%going%to%school% %wo'ld%*e% wearing%girl(s%'ndergarments.%)o%it%was%a%very%fearf'l%thing% %had%going% on&%yo'%+now.%<ow%am% %not%going%to%*e%discovered%*y%teachers%or%friends% or%whatever?% t%was%an%awf'l%life%to%live&%with%a%lot%of%shame-*ased% thin+ing.% %am%an%awf'l&%wic+ed%pervert&%yo'%+now&%a%person%that%Aod%has% even%forsa+en/%3ven%as%a%+id&% %wo'ld%pray%to%wa+e%'p%in%the%morning%as%a% girl&%yo'%+now&%and%that%wo'ldn(t%happen&%so%my%little%mind%wo'ld% concl'de%that%Aod%had%forsa+en%me%-%that%Aod%had%screwed%this%thing%'p% called%my%creation%-%my%gender%role.% %didn(t%+now%what%to%call%it%*ac+% then%*'t%<e%had%screwed%it%'p%and%<e%had%even%left%me%alone%to%wrestle% with%it.%)o%there%was%an%incredi*le%anger%at%Aod%and%a%fr'stration%with% Aod&%and%yet%there%was%another%side%of%me%that%really%loved%Aod.% t%was% very%conf'sing. &a!id - .ou #ad su%# dee' #atred for so many t#ings. .ou #ad a #atred for males* you #ad a #atred for /od. .ou #ad a lo!e for women t#oug#* or was t#ere a +ind of #atred t#ere* too? Jerry -%;o&% %didn(t%have%any%of%what%they%call%#misogyny#&%or%hatred%of% women.% %wanted%to%*e%a%woman.% %wanted%to%em'late%a%woman(s%life.% t% wasn(t%li+e%most%men%watching%a%woman%coming%down%the%street%and% saying&%#:ow&%loo+%at%that/#%yo'%+now&%#.here(s%a%chic+.#% %wo'ld%loo+%at%a% woman%and%not%j'st%want%to%*e%li+e%her&%*'t%wo'ld%have&%Band%this%is%tr'e% of%so%many%of%'sD&%this%deep%g't%envy.% %didn(t%want%to%*e%li+e%her&% % wanted%to%*e%her.% %wanted%to%somehow&%thro'gh%ta+ing%in%the%image%of% her&%l'sting%after%her&%not%to%have%sex%with%her&%*'t%to%*e%her%in%my%own% mind%-%a%figment%of%my%own%imagination.% %wanted%to%carry%that%o't%to%the% f'llest&%and%*elieve%me% %tried.% %cross-dressed%reg'larly&%and%more%so%all% the%time. .hat(s%the%way%l'st%is.%7'st%is%never%satisfied.%.he%transvestite%is%an% individ'al%who%starts%o't%cross-dressing%for%momentary%sex'al% gratification%*y%'sing%articles%of%clothing%as%a%form%of%fetish%to%gain% satisfaction%personally%for%the%moment.%6't%many%of%'s%progress%on%into% more%f'll-*lown%activities:%cross-dressing%in%p'*lic&%cross-dressing%in%the% privacy%of%o'r%own%homes&%practicing%women(s%gest'res%-%how%to%wal+%in% high%heels&%how%to%apply%ma+e-'p%correctly.%1ost%transsex'als%that% (ve% tal+ed%to%-%we%have%over%>5@%aro'nd%the%nation%right%now%we%are% ministering%to%-%most%of%them%j'st%simply%want%to%*e%a%woman.%.hey%don(t% want%to%*e%in%the%gay%*ars%with%heavy%ma+e'p&%ma+ing%a%parody%of% women.%.hey%want%to%*e%women%in%a%very%simple%sense%.%:hat% %have% 10

fo'nd%in%my%own%life%and%in%the%life%of%one%of%the%others%we(re%ministering% to%-%is%that%what%we(re%trying%to%do%is%*e%mommy%-%we(re%trying%to%*e%that% close%to%mommy&%we(re%wanting%to%em'late%her. &a!id - "#en you entered into adult#ood* did you li!e a &r. Je+yll life - mean* two different and se'arate worlds t#at were #idden from ea%# ot#er? Jerry -%5es&% %was%$r.%0e+yll%and%1r.%<yde%'n2'estiona*ly.%.he%do'*le%life% was%the%model%of%the%day.% %had%gone%into%the%;avy&%fig'ring%may*e%that% wo'ld%c're%me.% %was%fresh%o't%of%high%school%and%a%lot%of%my%*'ddies%in% the%neigh*orhood%were%going%into%the%armed%services.% %didn(t%want%to%go% on%to%college%and%then%*e%drafted&%so% %tho'ght&%#:ell&% (ll%go%into%the%;avy% and%that%will%ta+e%care%of%my%pro*lem.#%:ell%it%only%exacer*ated%it&%and%in% a%very%short%time%after% %got%o't%of%*oot%camp&% %went%to%the%*ase% psychiatrist%and%said%listen&% (ve%got%this%pro*lem%-% %want%to%cross-dress% so%*ad.%6't% %+new%if% %did%that%on%the%*ase%or%got%ca'ght% %wo'ld%have%a% dishonora*le%discharge%facing%me&%*eca'se%they%wo'ld%e2'ate%that%with% homosex'ality%and%all%the%ramifications%of%that.%6ac+%in%those%days&%yo'% were%o't. &a!id - "as #e t#e first 'erson you #ad e!er %onfessed t#is to? Had you ne!er told a 'astor or someone else )efore t#en? Jerry -%;o&% %had%never%opened%'p%except%to%my%mom. &a!id - "#at was #er rea%tion? Jerry -%$ismay.%)he%had%s'spected%it%all%the%time&%*'t%she%hadn(t%+nown% the%depth%of%it.% (ll%never%forget%sitting%across%the%ta*le%from%her&%crossdressed.% %had%let%her%find%me%that%way%so%that% %co'ld%tell%her%that% % needed%help&%and%that% %wanted%to%*e%a%woman%li+e%her.%.here%was%total% dismay%on%her%face.%)he%said&%# %j'st%don(t%+now%why%yo'%wo'ld%want%to% do%that&%and% %don(t%'nderstand.#%)he%as+ed%me%to%get%o't%of%those% clothes%and%go%to%the%*ea'ty%shop%to%help%her%clean%'p.%.he%next%day%it% was%li+e%nothing%had%happened.%:e%didn(t%tal+%a*o't%it%from%that%point%on.% )o%when% %went%to%the%*ase%psychiatrist%j'st%totally%torn%'p%*eca'se% % co'ld%no%longer%cross-dress%and%live%o't%that%imaginary%dream%world%of% the%woman&%it%was%really%a%fr'strating%thing%for%me.%.hat%was%the%first% person% %ever%told&%and%what%did% %get?%Cejection.%:hat%else%co'ld%he%do?% .wo%wee+s%later% %was%home.%.hey%j'st%said&%#:e%can(t%deal%with%this.% :e(ll%give%yo'%an%honora*le%discharge%*eca'se%yo'(ve%not%done%anything% dishonora*le&%*'t%yo'%need%to%go%home%and%get%some%help.#%:hen% %got% home&%nothing%was%done&%nothing%was%tal+ed%a*o't.% %went%on%to%college&% and%met%a%girl%in%college%that% %fell%tremendo'sly%in%love%with%and%as+ed% her%to%marry%me%and%we%later%married&%thin+ing%marriage%wo'ld%c're%my% pro*lems.%9f%co'rse%it%did%not. &a!id - 0o* your wife +new )efore you married w#at you #ad )een doing? 11

Jerry -%5eah.% %told%her%on%a%date%that% %wrestled%with%a%condition%called% transvestism%or%transsex'alism.%.hose%were%*rand%new%words%to%her.%)he% had%no%idea%what%they%meant.%)he%went%home%to%loo+%them%'p.%)he%didn(t% have%any%idea%what%it%involved.%6't%she%and% %*oth%*elieved&%naively&%that% normal%sex'al%relations%wo'ld%ta+e%care%of%it.%6't%transsex'alism&% transvestism&%at%the%very%core%is%li+e%homosex'ality.% t%is%not%a%sex'al% matter%or%iss'e%at%all.% t%is%an%identity%iss'e.%,nd% %was%still%trying%to% identify%with%mom.%,nd%the%only%way% %+new%to%do%that%was%thro'gh% articles%of%her%clothing&%or%articles%of%clothing%li+e%hers%-%still%trying%to%*ond% with%her.%6't%that%*ond%wo'ld%not%satisfy.% %was%spending%my%life%trying%to% *e%li+e%her%as%*est% %co'ld. &a!id - 0o w#at #a''ened in your marriage? Jerry -% t%is%spelled%with%fo'r%letters%-%<377%-%it%was%awf'l.%)omehow&%*y% Aod(s%grace&% %don(t%+now%how%to%say%it&%*y%the%intervention%of%Aod%she% stayed%with%me&%altho'gh%we%were%separated%for%a%year%at%one%point% toward%the%end%of%o'r%misery.%:e%+new%that%we%had%to%*e%separated%to% wor+%o'r%own%iss'es%thro'gh.%6't%we%j'st%cele*rated%o'r%H?nd% anniversary&%than+s%to%Aod/%:e%have%*oth%*een%to%hell%and%*ac+%!@-J@% times%in%o'r%marriage.%:e%didn(t%have%any*ody%to%t'rn%to&%yo'%+now.% % was%past'ring%a%ch'rch.%From%college&% %went%on%into%seminary%*eca'se% % j'st%really%wanted%to%help%people.% %have%always%loved%people&%and% (ve% always%enjoyed%*eing%aro'nd%people&%and%helping%people.%)o&% %went%into% a%sec'lar%n'rsing%jo*%along%with%pastoring%ch'rches&%while%inside% %was% dying.% %co'ld%*elieve%Aod%to%heal%and%to%help%others%and%to%minister%to% other%people%thro'gh%me&%and%thro'gh%my%wife&%*'t%for%<im%to%do%that%.9% me?%;o.% %felt%forsa+en.% t%was%very%very%fr'strating. &a!id - t is !ery intriguing t#at you would )e%ome a 'astor e!en t#oug# you #ated /od? Jerry -%:ell&% %wo'ldn(t%call%it%hatred%for%Aod%then.% %didn(t%reali-e%it&%and% it%is%even%harder%for%me%to%say%it%now&%*'t% %thin+%that%was%a%lot%of%what% was%going%on.% %felt%disappointment%and%animosity%towards%Aod&%and% % thin+%later%on%in%life%as% %saw%that%my%dreams%were%never%going%to%*e% f'lfilled%as%a%8hristian&% %developed%a%hatred%for%Aod.%6't&%as% %said&% % cared%for%people.% %wanted%to%serve%Aod.%6't% %really%thin+%that%the%main% reason%for%going%into%pastoral%ministry%was%to%provide%a%s'fficient%eno'gh% cover-'p.% %+new% %was%in%tro'*le%personally&%*'t% %was%so%afraid%of%*eing% discovered.%5et% %wanted%to%serve%people%and% %really%wanted%to%live%for% Aod&%and%felt%that%it%was%my%destiny%to%serve%Aod.%,nd%Aod%wanted%me%to% serve%<im&%*'t%with%this%+ind%of%identity%conf'sion%it%was%very%diffic'lt%to% do%that%-%preaching%on%)'nday%and%cross-dressing%on%1onday.%,nd%a%lot%of% times% %wo'ld%*e%in%the%p'lpit%preaching%really%a%fine%sermon%-%one%that% (d% wor+ed%hard%on&%while%having%women(s%'ndergarments%'nder%my%s'it.%5o'% can%imagine%the%hell%that%is. &a!id - T#at sounds li+e a real un%ons%ious attem't to get )a%+ at /od. &o you see w#at 1m saying? 12

Jerry -%)'re&%s're%-% %*elieve%there(s%a%lot%of%things%going%on.%6't%a% transsex'al%who%then%opts%later%on%for%the%sex-change%s'rgery%or%sex'al% re-definement%s'rgery%in%a%very%real%sense%is%sha+ing%his%or%her%fist%at% Aod%and%saying&%#5o'%screwed%'p%Aod&%and% (m%going%to%fix%this.% (m%going% to%ta+e%care%of%it.% t%is%in%my%hands%o*vio'sly%to%correct%this%*irth%defect.% ,nd% (m%going%to%go%to%the%s'rgeon&%get%on%hormones&%and%get%this%thing% corrected%once%and%for%all.#% t(s%a%re*ellion%against%Aod(s%intent.% %mean% it(s%o*vio's%what%we(re%s'pposed%to%*e.% %mean&%j'st%loo+%*etween%yo'r% legs&%and%yo'%can%tell.%.here(s%no%2'estion%when%yo'(re%*orn%what%yo'% are.%.he%doctor%immediately%when%yo'%come%o't%of%the%wom*%says&%# t(s%a% *oy#&%or%# t(s%a%girl#%-%there(s%no%2'estion%a*o't%that.%6't%thro'gh%so%many% different%events%in%one(s%'p*ringing&%conf'sion%sets%in.%6't%yes&%yo'(re% right&%and%there(s%j'st%a%lot%of%a*ject%re*ellion%against%Aod%and%ta+ing% matters%into%one(s%own%hands. &a!id - 0o at t#e same time you were 'astoring you entered into a 'ursuit of a se( %#ange? Jerry -%.hat%was%the%dream.% (d%read%a*o't%8hristine%0orgenson%and% different%others%that%had%had%the%sex-change%s'rgery%-%how%s'ccessf'l% they%were%-%and% %really%wanted%that.%.here%was%one%major%pro*lem%-% % had%a%*ea'tif'l%wife%and%two%great%+ids.% %had%family%that% %didn(t%want%to% h'rt.%,nd% %+new%*y%having%the%sex-change%s'rgery%and%opting%for%that% lifestyle%that%they%wo'ld%consider%me%dead%and% %wo'ld%have%to%forsa+e% everything%that% %cared%a*o't%so%very%very%dearly&%and%had%wor+ed%so% hard%to%*'ild.%.hey%wo'ld%*e%o't%of%my%life&%and% %wo'ld%*e%alone.%.hat% was%scary.%,%lot%of%people%do%that.% %'nderstand%that.%,%lot%of%people%are% willing%to%ta+e%that%+ind%of%ris+%and%pain.% %was%not.% %thin+%very% realistically&%when% %came%to%the%7ord%at%the%age%of%sixteen&%the%spirit%of% 8hrist%living%within%me%wo'ld%not%leave%me%alone&%and%+ept%letting%me% +now&%one%way%or%another%that% %was%loved%*y%<im.%<e%wo'ld%j'st%wor+% things%o't%in%my%life.% (ve%gone%thro'gh%a%lot%of%pain&%*'t% %now%see%that% the%pain%has%*een%allowed%in%my%life%so%that% %can%'nderstand%and%have% great%compassion%for%others%who%are%going%thro'gh%similar%+inds%of% tra'ma.%1y%wife%and% %are%wor+ing%with%married%co'ples%all%the%time% coming%o't%of%this%+ind%of%lifestyle. &a!id - 0o you finally - /od finally - )roug#t someone into your life t#at you lo!ed more t#an yourself* and t#at 'ut a road)lo%+ in t#e 'at# of doing a transse(ual o'eration? Jerry -% (d%have%to%say%very%realistically%that(s%the%s'm%total%of%it.% %loved% my%wife%more%than% %loved%Aod.% (m%ashamed%to%say%that&%*'t%that(s%the% reality%of%it.% %loved%my%family%more%than% %loved%Aod.%6eca'se%if%Aod%had% *een%eno'gh&%j'st%the%very%fact%of%what%<e%said%in%the%script'res%-%in% $e'teronomy%??:5%where%<e%very%clearly%lays%o't%that%if%a%man%dresses%as% a%woman%or%a%woman%dresses%as%a%man%that(s%an%a*omination%to%Aod%-% that%sho'ld%have%*een%eno'gh%to%have%t'rned%me%away%from%that%+ind%of% activity&%*'t%it%was%not. 13

&a!id - 1d li+e to find out e(a%tly w#at #a''ened to woo you )a%+ to t#e $ord and to )ring some lig#t into your mind and your #eart a)out your %ondition? "#at was t#e +i%+-off e!ent in your life t#at started t#e turnaround?

Jerry -%First%of%all&% (d%li+e%to%clarify%that%yo'%were%saying%that% %was% headed%into%the%transsex'al%lifestyle.% %was%there/%,%transsex'al%is%a% person%who&%male%or%female&%desires%to%*e%a%mem*er%of%the%opposite%sex% on%a%f'll%time%*asis&%and%will%attempt%to%do%that%as%m'ch%as%possi*le&%given% the%societal%r'les&%and%whatever%else%they%can%do.%)o%m'ch%of%my%time% was%spent%either%cross-dressing%and%going%o't%in%the%p'*lic%or%in%the% confines%of%my%own%home%as%a%woman.% f% %was%not%f'lly%dressed%as%a% woman&%at%least%*eneath%my%masc'line%attire%wo'ld%*e%pantyhose&% panties&%feminine%garments&%a%shaved%*ody&%fingernail%polish%on%the%toes%-% anything% %co'ld%get%away%with%that%demonstrated%that% %was%really% feminine.% %had%a%feminine%name%that% %'sed.%1y%name%was%0ennifer% 3laine.%.hat%was%the%name%my%parents%had%pic+ed%for%me&%yo'%+now&%and% %loved%that%name%*eca'se% %felt%that%my%feminine%identity%was%more% accepta*le%to%them.%.hat(s%j'st%how% %felt%a*o't%life. .he%thing%that%t'rned%me%aro'nd?% t(s%not%li+e%one%experience.% %mean% % can(t%really%remem*er%one%experience%that%t'rned%me%aro'nd.%,%n'm*er% of%things%happened.%6't%the%incredi*le%pain%that% %went%thro'gh%all%the% time%-%dressing%as%a%woman&%going%o't%in%p'*lic%and%*eing%accepted%in%the% shopping%malls%as%a%woman%among%women%-%going%into%a%shoe%store%and% p'tting%my%leg%'p%on%a%footstool%and%having%the%cler+%come%o't%and%fit%me% with%heels%and%not%even%*lin+%an%eye.% %can(t%descri*e%the%ecstatic&% emotional%relief%that%there%was%to%*e%accepted%as%a%woman%in%the% mar+etplace.%<ow% %p'lled%that%off% %don(t%+now&%*eca'se% %have%always% had%a%>I@-?@@%po'nd%frame%-%*ig%*ones&%*ig%sho'lders.%)ometimes% %thin+% it%was%j'st%an%ill'sion% %was%p'tting%off%on%myself&%and%people%were%j'st% shoc+ed%and%didn(t%+now%what%to%do&%so%they%didn(t%ma+e%a%*ig%scene.%6't% (ll%never%forget%one%time% %was%shopping%with%women%in%a%*ig%shopping% mall.%.his%one%woman%was%dragging%her%little%+id%*ehind&%who%m'st%have% *een%three%or%fo'r%years%of%age&%and%he%t'rned%aro'nd%and%pointed%at%me% and%said&%#1ommy&%what%is%that/#%)o% %don(t%really%+now%that% %p'lled%the% ill'sion%off%all%that%s'ccessf'lly.% n%my%mind%tho'gh&% %tho'ght% %was%a% *ea'tif'l%madonna&%yo'%+now&%*'t%in%reality%loo+ing%*ac+%at%some%of%the% pict'res% %had%ta+en%of%myself%cross-dressing&% %loo+ed%very%m'ch%li+e%a% man%in%a%dress&%which%is%j'st%a*o't%the%s'm%total%of%it.%6't%in%yo'r%mind% yo'%can%p'll%off%all%+inds%of%tric+s. .here%were%any%n'm*er%of%painf'l%incidents%that%happened%to%me%and%to% my%wife&%so%that%we%came%to%a%resol'tion%that%we%co'ldn(t%live%together% anymore%in%that%+ind%of%t'rmoil.%)o%we%separated%for%a%year%and%things% got%good%again%and%there%was%a%seeming%disappearance%of%the%attraction% and%comp'lsion%for%a%period%of%two%years%or%so.%6't%then%press'res%in%my% life%*egan%to%mo'nt%and%we%*egan%to%have%some%internal%family%pro*lems.% 14

.hose%+inds%of%press'res%drove%me%*ac+%to%a%cyclical&%ha*it'al&%comp'lsive% type%of%*ehavior%and%feeling&%and% %ret'rned%to%cross-dressing&%and%started% hormone%treatment.%1y%wife%didn(t%+now%anything%a*o't%that.% %too+% hormones%for%a*o't%a%year%and%a%half%'nder%a%psychiatrist(s%care%who%had% a%great%deal%of%sympathy%for%my%sit'ation.%)he%said&%#:ell%we%j'st%need%to% get%yo'%femini-ed%and%moving%towards%sex-change%s'rgery.#% %finally% *ecame%misera*le%with%that%-%'nderstanding%f'll%well%what% %was%going%to% do%to%my%family&%and%what% %wo'ld%do%to%myself.% %was%down%*y%a%river%one% day%with%a%)mith%and%:esson%H5J%placed%*ac+%in%my%mo'th%tic+ling%my% tonsils&%and% %loo+ed%'p%into%the%s+y%and%the%stars%and%the%moon&%and% % tho'ght&%#Aod&%is%this%the%answer?% s%this%my%destiny?% s%this%what%it% comes%to?#% f%there%was%one%event%that%was%the%t'rnaro'nd%for%me&%it%was% that.%,nd% %was%only%one%second%away%from%*lowing%my%head%off.%.he% transsex'al%lifestyle%was%not%in%finality%the%dream%that% %wanted%after%all. &a!id - "#at did /od say )a%+ to you* or w#at did He do in your life t#at ended u' )eing t#e res'onse you needed? Jerry -%<e%gave%me%an%incredi*le%peace%inside%that%<e%was%a*le%to%help% me&%and%an%insatia*le%sensation%of%love%and%acceptance%*y%<im.%<e%wasn(t% loo+ing%at%me%as%some%+ind%of%a%weird%pervert%-%as%some%+ind%of%an% 'nhelpa*le%person%or%'nredeema*le%individ'al.% f%anything&% %sensed%<is% love%-%li+e%a%*ig%arm%was%aro'nd%my%sho'lders%saying&%# %love%yo'.#% % didn(t%hear%those%words&%*'t% %had%that%sense%that%that(s%what%<e%was% saying%to%me.%,nd%so%it%gave%me%co'rage%to%see+%some%help%from% 8hristian%men%in%the%ch'rch&%and% %started%opening%'p%to%a%few.% %went%to% a%psychologist%who%wasn(t%a%mem*er%of%the%ch'rch%we%were%going%to&%*'t% he%*egan%to%wor+%thro'gh%a%twelve%step%program%of%recovery.% t%was%very% helpf'l%to%me%to%see%the%addictive%cycle%in%what% %was%doing.% %went%to% another%tr'sted%*rother%in%the%ch'rch%who%was%a%licensed%clinical%social% wor+er&%and% %too+%and%laid%on%his%des+%the%pict'res%of%myself&%and%the%g'n% %was%going%to%'se%on%myself&%and% %said&%# s%there%any%help%for%me?#%0'st% getting%the%secret%o't%on%the%ta*le&%yo'%+now?%:e(re%only%as%sic+%as%o'r% secrets.% %*egan%to%div'lge%my%secrets%to%tr'sted%*rothers%and%a%few% sisters.%,nd% %fo'nd%incredi*le%compassion&%love%and%acceptance%for%who% % was.%7ots%of%good%solid%prayer%and%lots%of%good%co'nseling%*egan%to%t'rn% things%aro'nd%for%me. &a!id - "ould you %onsider yourself #ealed today? And w#at does )eing #ealed from trans!estism and transse(ualism loo+ li+e? Jerry -%.he%connotation%of%the%word%#healed#%is%that%yo'%no%longer%have% any%iss'es&%yo'%+now?%5o'%no%longer%have%any%tho'ghts%or%feelings%-% essentially%that(s%what% %interpret%that%word%to%mean.% %can(t%really%attest% to%a%complete%healing%in%that%sense.%<owever&% (m%not%attracted%to%that% anymore&%*eca'se%eno'gh%of%the%masc'line%identity%has%*een%resolved%in% me.% %have%certainly%resolved%the%iss'es%s'rro'nding%trying%to%*ond%with% mom.%,nd%my%relationship%with%0es's%has%*ecome%so%personal&%and%has% to'ched%my%life%significantly.%,t%a%conference%as%recent%as%two%years%ago&% % received%some%significant%inner%healing%in%my%emotions%-%and%also%a% 15

personal%visitation%from%the%7ord%which%was%so%*ea'tif'l%that% %really% sensed%again%that%all%encompassing%love%of%the%7ord.%6't% %wo'ld%have%to% say%that%the%7ord%has%done%everything%possi*le%to%convince%me%that% %am% lova*le&%and%a%redeema*le%h'man%*eing. &a!id - 0o t#en* t#e #ealing 'ro%ess for you #as )een a slow 'rogression toward identifying wit# t#e same se( w#ile simultaneously 'utting away your identity wit# t#e o''osite se(? Jerry -%5es&%it(s%a%process.% t%ta+es%a%n'm*er%of%years%to%get%o't%of%this% j'n+.%7i+e%the%homosex'al%who%spends%his%or%her%whole%life%loo+ing%for% completion%in%a%mem*er%of%the%same%sex&% %was%loo+ing%for%completion%in% the%opposite%sex.% %no%longer%have%to%loo+%for%that.% %feel%completed.% %feel% completed%in%my%own%so'l.% t%'sed%to%*e%where%a%woman%wo'ld%come% down%the%street%and% %wo'ld%loo+%at%her%and%thin+&% %want%to%63%her%-%now% %j'st%appreciate%her%for%*eing%her.% %have%my%own%sense%of%identity%that% % am%pro'd%and%glad%and%than+f'l%to%*e%the%man%that% %am.%.hat(s%*een%a% long%hard%tre+. .o%say%that% (m%healed?% %don(t%+now%how%yo'(d%say%that&%*eca'se% %still% have%tho'ghts%and%temptations%from%time%to%time&%*'t% (ve%learned%how% to&%in%a%very%concrete%way&%deal%with%them.%9ne%way%that% %'se%ro'tinely%is% when%my%tho'ghts%start%to%stray%toward%old%tho'ght%patterns&%let(s%say%a% woman%is%coming%down%the%street%toward%me&% %j'st%literally%p't%my%hand% 'p%in%front%of%my%face%in%a%vertical%position%to%sym*oli-e%the%8ross&%and% call%myself%*ac+%to%attention%to%8hrist&%and%*y%p'tting%my%hand%'p%right%in% front%of%my%eyes&% %say&%#;ow%7ord%0es's&% %am%calling%myself%*ac+%to%my% relationship%with%yo'.%;ot%toward%her%or%anyone%else.% (m%calling%myself% *ac+%to%my%center%in%5o'&%7ord%0es's.#%,nd%*y%that%very%concrete%thing% that% %do%*y%p'tting%the%hand%in%front%of%my%face&%it%offsets%and%changes% my%thin+ing.%.hat&%of%co'rse&%changes%the%way% %feel%a*o't%things&%and% thirdly%*loc+s%any%activity% %have%in%that%direction. )o%to%say%that% (m%healed&%one%wo'ld%say%that%if%yo'%have%any%more% tho'ghts%a*o't%that%then%yo'%can(t%claim%to%*e%healed%or%delivered%from% that%lifestyle%-%that%if%anything%yo'(re%j'st%s'ppressing%it.%;o&% %don(t%*'y% into%that%at%all.%1y%mind%is%*eing%renewed%day%*y%day.%,nd%it%has%to%*e% renewed%*y%Aod(s%word&%and%things%that% %do.%.he%script'res%are%real%clear% on%fleeing%immorality%-%sex'al%immorality.%)o%for%me&% %j'st%stay%away% from%dress%shops%and%from%the%stores.%:hen%my%wife%goes%shopping&% % don(t%go%with%her%anymore.% f%she%goes%into%the%shopping%mall%to%get%a% dress%or%whatever&% %go%into%the%men(s%section%and% %j'st%stay%away%from% things%that%an%alcoholic%wo'ld%call%a%slippery%slope. &a!id - .ou +now it ma+es sense to me t#at you* )eing re%on%iled to /od t#roug# Jesus C#rist* are now a)le to a''roa%# t#e 2at#er. .our relations#i' wit# Him #as )een restored* and t#e )onding 'ro%ess )etween you and your 2at#er in #ea!en is 'rogressi!ely ta+ing 'la%e. t 3ust ma+es sense to me t#at it would )e a gradual 16

growt# 'ro%ess and t#at t#ere would )e a 'rogression toward #ealing in terms of self-identity as a male and so fort#. Jerry -%)'re/%6't%yo'%+now%another%aspect%of%the%healing%process%for%me% has%*een%-%and% %find%this%'niversally%tr'e%with%the%men%that% (m%dealing% with%and%some%of%the%women&%too%-%that% (ve%made%peace%with%my%earthly% dad.%<e%died%*efore% %had%a%chance%to%really%do%that%yo'%+now&%*'t% (ve% gone%to%his%grave%site%and%j'st%made%peace%with%him%over%his%grave.%,nd% % have%recogni-ed%that%as%an%ad'lt&%he%was%doing%the%*est%he%+new%how%to% do.%<e%didn(t%+now%how%to%role%model%properly.%<e%didn(t%+now%how%to%do% what% %needed%to%have%done%in%my%life.%<e%j'st%didn(t%+now%that.%,nd% (ve% forgiven%him%and% (ve%dealt%with%all%those%iss'es&%and%that%has%*een%so% healing&%and%redemptive. 6't%yes&% %have%made%peace%with%Aod%also&%and%have%come%to%'nderstand% that%Aod(s%destiny%for%me%has%*een%indeed%to%minister%life%to%others% thro'gh%<is%)pirit.%.o%*e%a%minister%of%the%Aospel&%to%preach&%to%teach&%to% share%<is%love.%;ow% %am%a*le%to%that%from%a%heart%of%integrity&%and%not%a% heart%that(s%torn. 9ne%of%the%most%diffic'lt%things%for%me%to%do%came%two%years%ago%when% % went%o't%to%6o'lder&%8olorado%with%my%son%who%is%grown%and%has%a%family% of%his%own.%:e%*oth%went%to%the%#Eromise%4eepers#%convention.%<ere%we% were&%pac+ed%into%a%colise'm%with%5@&@@@%men%-%a%threatening%experience% for%a%man%with%my%*ac+gro'nd.%6't% %+new%it%wo'ld%*e%good%for%me%to%do% that%and% (m%so%glad% %did&%*eca'se%it%forced%me%into%a%wee+end%of%relating% with%men% %didn(t%+now%and%pressing%thro'gh%the%fear%of%*eing%rejected%*y% them&%of%feeling%inferior%to%them&%and%sha+ing%their%hand%and%getting%to% +now%them%a%little%*it.%,nd%yo'%+now%what?% %discovered%that%they%had% many%of%the%same%fears%of%each%other&%and%the%same%inferiority%-%a%lot%of% the%same%iss'es% %had%wrestled%with%all%my%life&%*'t%they%were%now%honest% eno'gh%to%tal+%a*o't%it. 1en%in%o'r%co'ntry&% %am%finding&%are%wrestling%with%so%many%of%the%same% iss'es%that%the%homosex'al%and%that%the%transsex'al%deal%with&%*'t%are% afraid%to%tal+%a*o't%that%with%each%other.%6't%#Eromise%4eepers#%and%other% movements%li+e%that%are%very%healing%and%redemptive%things%that%Aod%is% doing%among%men%in%o'r%co'ntry%-%*ringing%them%together%'nder%a% common%*ond%and%a%common%need%for%0es's%and%for%each%other. &a!id - t1s )eautiful to see #ow /od uses ot#er 'eo'le to )e His arms and to )e His !oi%e and so fort# in t#e #ealing 'ro%ess. Jerry -%5es. &a!id - And su''ose t#at1s w#y t#e )ody of C#rist* t#e C#ur%#* is t#e +ey element in 'eo'le1s s'iritual maturity. Jerry -% %often%say%to%the%people% %am%wor+ing%with&%and% %+now%it(s%not% 'ni2'e%for%me%to%say%this&%*'t% %heard%it%somewhere%a%long%time%ago%and% 17

(ve%'sed%it%a%lot:%:e%need%0es's%with%s+in%on.% %need%yo'%and%yo'%need% me.%,nd%that(s%what%the%*ody%of%8hrist%is%a*o't.%6't%yo'%see&%the% transsex'al%lifestyle&%the%transvestite%lifestyle&%the%homosex'al%lifestyle%is% s'ch%a%life%of%loneliness&%fear%of%*eing%discovered&%and%filled%with%shame*ased%thin+ing%and%isolation%from%one%another.%1eaningf'l%relationships% that% %am%*'ilding%in%my%life%and%in%those%that% %wor+%with%have%*een%the% +ey%-%to%start%to%open%'p%one(s%life%and%*egin%to%*e%+nown%for%who%yo'%are% and%the%real%iss'es%yo'%deal%with&%and%not%experiencing%the%rejection%yo'% s'spect%wo'ld%come%yo'r%way&%*'t%an%acceptance%and%love%and%affirmation% for%who%yo'%are.% %mean&%one%of%the%most%positive%things%that%is% happening%in%my%life%is%that%as% %share%my%testimony%to%the%sec'lar%world%-% as%they%read%the%printed%st'ff%that% %have%o't%on%my%own%life&%they%cry&% they%weep&%yo'%+now?%.hey%are%drawn%to%that.%.hey%are%drawn%to%Aod%in% that&%seeing%that%Aod%can%change%something%that%they%tho'ght%was% impossi*le%to%change.%.he%sec'lar%world%is%seeing%this%-%that%indeed&%there% is%no%condition%in%o'r%life%that(s%'nredeema*le%-%that%anything%can%*e% changed. &a!id - 1d li+e to as+ you if you would tea%# us a little )it a)out t#e differen%es )etween )eing a trans!estite* )eing a transse(ual* and )eing a #omose(ual. T#ose are t#ree different t#ings aren1t t#ey? Jerry -%5es%they%are.%7et(s%start%with%transvestism.%.hat(s%mostly%fo'nd% within%the%male%pop'lation&%however%we%are%t'rning%'p%a%n'm*er%of% women%that%are%transvestite%or%carrying%o't%a%transvestite%role.%.o%*e%a% transvestite&%yo'(re%'sing%an%article%of%clothing%or%sym*olic%reference%to% the%opposite%sex%as%a%means%for%sex'al%gratification.% t(s%accompanied% with%the%#1#%word%-%mast'r*ation.%5o'%'se%that%article%of%clothing%as%a%sex% o*ject%for%sex'al%stim'lation%and%self-gratification.%,nd%that(s%a*o't%the% s'm%total%of%it.%5o'(re%identifying%with%the%opposite%sex&%finding%in%that% *rief%moment%of%self-gratification&%an%identity%with%the%opposite%sex.% .here(s%a%*ro+enness%in%yo'r%own%identity%that%reverts%to%that&%or%that% leans%into%that.%,%great%n'm*er%of%transvestites%will%progress%on%into% transsex'al%*ehavior&%thin+ing%more%and%more%that%they%really%want%to%*e% living%within%the%opposite%sex%gender%role. &a!id - s t#at a natural transition t#at e!ery trans!estite e!entually ma+es* or is t#at only t#e %ase in a %ertain 'er%entage of trans!estites? Jerry -%,%certain%percentage% %wo'ld%say.%,s%in%my%case&%the%transsex'al% 's'ally%has%disassociated%themselves%early%on%from%their%gender%role&% saying%very%early&% %don(t%want%to%*e%li+e%daddy&%or% %don(t%want%to%*e%li+e% mommy.% %want%to%*e%the%other%sex.%:hen% %was%five%years%of%age% %was% going%to%*ed%every%night%praying%to%Aod%that% %wo'ld%wa+e%'p%in%the% morning%the%opposite%gender.%.he%transvestite%has%eno'gh%self-identity% esta*lished%-%the%tr'e%transvestite%-has%eno'gh%integrated%self%identity% esta*lished%that%he%or%she%doesn(t%want%to%*e%really%living%in%the%role%of% the%opposite%sex&%*'t%wants%j'st%for%the%moment%to%escape%the%press'res% 18

and%the%tensions%of%that%sex%role%that%they(re%having%to%play%o't%every%day&% and%escape%into%the%other%in%a%moment%of%ill'sion.%.he%transsex'al&% however&%is%the%person%who%is%not%happy%at%all%in%their%original%role&%and%as% they%f'lfill%that%l'st%day%after%day&%wee+%after%wee+&%month%after%month&% life%*ecomes%so%incredi*ly%'ncomforta*le%wal+ing%aro'nd%in%their%Aodgiven%gender%role%that%they%see+%to%change%that%*y%whatever%means%they% can. &a!id - 0o you %an )e a transse(ual and not a%tually go t#roug# a se( %#ange o'eration? Jerry -%)'re.%.here(s%a%lot%of%transsex'als%wal+ing%aro'nd%today.% n%fact&% one%of%the%new%therape'tic%modes%instead%of%having%the%*asic%s'rgery% done%is%to%go%strictly%with%the%hormonal%treatment%where&%let(s%say%a%man% can%then%*egin%to%live%as%a%woman%strictly%*y%the%hormonal%change. &a!id - read an arti%le* 'er#a's a year or more ago* t#at re'orted t#at Jo#ns Ho'+ins 4ni!ersity* w#i%# started t#is w#ole se( %#ange deal* was )eginning to re-t#in+ t#e wisdom of it and #ad sto''ed 'erforming t#e o'erations. &o you #a!e anyt#ing to tell us a)out t#at? Jerry -%.here%are%a%n'm*er%of%hospitals%that%have%stopped%that%s'rgery&% that%invasive%wor+&%and%have%resorted%to%'sing%chemical%interaction%and% intervention.%<ormonal%treatments%do%a%real%n'm*er%for%s're.% %was%on% hormones&%female%hormones&%for%a%year%and%a%half.%,nd%at%the%end%of%that% year%and%a%half% %co'ld%no%longer%f'nction%sex'ally.%.hat%part%of%my%life% was%+noc+ed%o't&%and% %*egan%to%develop%some%feminine%characteristics% for%s're.% %*ecame%+ind%of%a%hippie.% t%was%emotionally%gratifying%to%me%to% *e%a*le%to%ta+e%female%hormones%everyday.% t%j'st%did%something%to%me% emotionally%that% %can(t%descri*e.%6't&%yo'%+now&% (ve%*een%comm'nicating% with%women%who%have%*een%on%male%hormones%and%haven(t%had%the% s'rgery%in%any%way&%*'t%who%have%lived%as%men%for%ten&%eleven&%twelve% years%strictly%on%testosterone&%and%are%now%reverting%*ac+%to%their%original% Aod-given%gender%and%going%off%testosterone%and%going%*ac+%on%female% hormones.%6't%it(s%and%incredi*le%switch%to%go%*ac+. &a!id - s t#ere any e!iden%e t#at t#ere is a geneti% or #ormonal )asis or 'redile%tion for trans!estism or transse(ualism? Jerry -%.he%world%wants%yo'%to%thin+%that%there%is&%*'t%as%*est% % 'nderstand%it&%at%*irth%yo'(re%*orn%with%the%chromosomes%that%indicate% yo'r%sex%-%yo'r%Aod-given%gender.%3ven%if%there%were%some&%as%yo'%say&% predilection%towards%this&%j'st%loo+ing%*etween%yo'r%legs%indicates%what% Aod%wanted%yo'%to%*e%in%yo'r%chromosomal%str'ct're.%:e%live%in%a%very% false%world.%:e(re%very%sinf'lly%inclined%people&%and%witho't%Aod(s% intervention&%and%witho't%see+ing%help%and%healing%from%Aod&% %don(t%see% m'ch%hope%for%a%person%coming%o't%of%this.

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&a!id - understand t#at e!en #erma'#rodites* w#o #a!e a '#ysi%al 'ro)lem wit# t#eir se(ual organs - e!en t#eir genes tell w#at /od intended t#em to )e. s t#at %orre%t? Jerry -%.hat(s%correct.%8hromosomal%st'dies%are%r'n%on%a%tr'e% hermaphrodite%who%is%exhi*iting%*oth%sets%of%genitals%to%determine%which% is%the%predominate%Aod-given%gender&%and%then%s'rgical%intervention%is% employed%to%ma+e%that%correction.%)o&%chromosomal%st'dies%are%very% clear%and%concise%to%indicate%what%sex%we%are.%,nd%the%whole%thing%that(s% p't%o't%there%*y%the%transsex'al%comm'nity%-%which% %*o'ght%into&%tho'gh% +nowing%down%deep%in%my%g't%that% %was%*'ying%into%a%lie&%*'t%it%so'nded% good&% %wanted%to%*elieve%it&%and% %wanted%others%to%*elieve%it%-%that% %was% really%a%girl%on%the%inside&%and%that%it%was%really%0ennifer%on%the%inside%that% was%wanting%to%*e%expressed%-% %+new%that%it%was%a%lie.% %+new%it%was%*'t% % didn(t%care%*eca'se% %wanted%my%way.% %was%li+e%an%alcoholic%or%a%dr'g% addict.% %wanted%what% %wanted%when% %wanted%it%and%that%was%now%and% % wo'ld%stomp%over%any*ody% %needed%to%get%it. ,nd&%it%is%interesting%to%me%that% %was&%and%this%is%tr'e%of%others%as%well&% that% %was%p'rs'ing%sex%change%even%while%married%and%having%two%great% +ids.%9n%the%side% %was%p'rs'ing%sex%change%s'rgery%-%and% %was%lying%to% the%psychiatrist&%saying% %was%divorced.% %was%doing%everything% %co'ld.% % was%exhi*iting%sheer%masc'line%characteristics%in%that%aggressive%*ehavior% p'rs'ing&%at%all%cost&%achievement%of%my%goal.%<ow%masc'line%is%that&%yo'% +now?%,nd%yet&% %was%wanting%to%*elieve%that% %was%tr'ly%feminine&%when% in%all%reality% %was%demonstrating%j'st%*y%that%very%act&%nothing%*'t%sheer% masc'linity. &a!id - T#at1s fas%inating. .ou +now* t#in+ t#at many of our readers )elie!e t#at a trans!estite or a transse(ual is a #omose(ual. Tell us t#e differen%e. Jerry -%.here%are%homosex'als%who%cross-dress.%:e%call%them%#drag% 2'eens#.%9r%the%world%calls%them%that.% %wo'ld%call%a%homosex'al%that% cross-dresses%and%finds%some%sex'al%gratification%in%that&%a%*ro+en% individ'al&%a%h'man%*eing%in%need%of%restoration%from%Aod.%,%male% homosex'al%who%cross%dresses%and%parades%himself%in%p'*lic%as%a%woman% let(s%say&%is%really%wanting%to%*e%accepted%*y%men%in%that%role&%thin+ing% that%that(s%the%only%way%they%can%*e%accepted.%,nd%they(ll%go%to%the%gay% *ars%and%they(ll%do%that%and%they(ll%parade%themselves%aro'nd%-%they(ll%do% all%+inds%of%n'm*ers%of%things&%*'t%they(re%really%parodying%women.%,nd% really&%as% %have%come%to%discover%in%tal+ing%with%so%many&%that%they%really% hate%women.% t%isn(t%a%desire%to%*e%a%woman&%it%isn(t%a%desire%to%live%as%a% woman%-%they%are%parodying%women.%9't%of%their%intense%hatred%for% women%they(re%saying%in%effect% %am%going%to%*e%*etter%than%yo'&% %am% going%to%ta+e%yo'r%place%and% (m%going%to%s'pplant%yo'&%yo'%+now&%in%my% relationships%with%men. &a!id - Could it also )e a fear of women t#at dri!es t#at )e#a!ior? 20

Jerry -%8o'ld%*e.%)'rely%co'ld%*e.% %thin+%what%is%overriding%however%is%an% incredi*le%hatred%and%disg'st%toward%women%-%and%a%latching&%*eca'se% they(re%trying%to%find%their%completion%in%men. &a!id - .ou1!e )een around a lot of drag 5ueens. 0o t#is is not 3ust t#eory. T#is is somet#ing you1!e o)ser!ed o!er t#e years. Jerry -%9h%yeah.% (ve%interviewed%many%and%tal+ed%at%great%lengths%with% so%many%-%and% (m%not%the%final%word%*y%any%stretch%-%*'t% %do%+now% eno'gh%that% %can%say%with%a%great%deal%of%a'thority%that%the%hatred%of% women%is%really%one%of%the%main%'nderlying%iss'es%that%the%male% homosex'al%deals%with%as%a%drag%2'een. &a!id - .ou #a!e said t#at twenty 'er%ent of trans!estites mig#t )e #omose(ual. T#at1s a relati!ely #ig# num)er w#en you %onsider t#at only two 'er%ent of t#e 'o'ulation is #omose(ual. Jerry -% t%is.%,nd% %don(t%+now%what%to%say%a*o't%that%except%that(s%j'st% what%we(re%discovering. &a!id - &o you )elie!e t#at t#e #omose(ual neurosis in general lends itself to t#e #atred or fear of woman? Jerry -% n%the%homosex'als%we%deal%with&%and%we%deal%with%2'ite%a%few&% there%is%a%leaning%into%the%feminine.%.here%is%a%desire%to%latch%on%to%a% certain%amo'nt%of%feminine%*ehavior&%ways%of%thin+ing&%ways%of%dealing% with%life.%.hin+%a*o't%it%j'st%for%a%min'te.%1any%people%have%formed%a% pict're%of%a%stereotypical&%effeminate%homosex'al&%*'t%it%is%tr'e%that%so% many%of%the%men%partic'larly%in%homosex'ality&%or%the%women%in% les*ianism&%do%demonstrate%the%physical%mannerisms&%the%emotional%ways% of%reacting%to%certain%events%in%life&%li+e%the%opposite%gender&%*eca'se% they(re%leaning%into%that%opposite%gender%for%their%own%identity.%6't%they% haven(t%crossed%over%the%line%as%far%as%the%transsex'als%have%in%completely% rejecting%their%own%gender&%if%that%answers%yo'r%2'estion. &a!id - T#e most fas%inating t#ing is t#at a fully #eterose(ual 'erson - would dress as a woman. T#at is !ery sur'rising. Jerry -%:ell&% %don(t%thin+%it(s%all%that%s'rprising%and% %thin+%that%in%the% f't're%we(ll%*e%seeing%more%and%more%coming%o't%of%the%closet%literally.% .he%transsex'al&%+nown%typically%as%a%closet%2'een&%who%has%done%that%for% so%many%years%in%the%privacy%of%his%or%her%own%*edroom&%is%now%*eginning% to%come%o't%-%*eing%more%*rave%a*o't%confessing%what%they(re%doing&% trying%to%find%social%acceptance%in%that%+ind%of%activity.%:hen%we%started% j'st%a%year%ago%printing%o't%a%newsletter%called%C3,7 .5&%to%the% transsex'als%that%we%served%aro'nd%the%co'ntry&% %had%no%idea%that%we% wo'ld%get%the%response%that%we%did.%:e(re%in%o'r%fo'rteenth%iss'e%and%we% have%more%than%>5@%people%on%o'r%list%who%are%responding%to%this%and% coming%o't%of%the%lifestyle%effectively. 21

&a!id - T#at )rings u' our final area of dis%ussion. "#at is t#e inter!ention 'ro%ess t#at one goes t#roug# in ministering to a transse(ual or a trans!estite? How do you #el' t#em a%#ie!e a #ealt#y identity and wal+ in life? Jerry -%9f%co'rse&%yo'(re%not%going%to%'s'ally%have%the%person%come%to% yo'r%office%or%to%yo'%as%a%private%individ'al%'ntil%they(re%in%really%*ad% straits&%and%'ntil%they(re%really%wanting%help.%.here(s%really%not%m'ch%point% in%trying%to%intervene%'ntil%a%person%wants%the%help&%and%is%desperately% see+ing%it&%*eca'se%its%j'st%*atting%yo'r%head%'p%against%a%*lan+%wall.%6't% once%a%person%*egins%to%see%that%they%need%help&%they(ve%ta+en%the%first% step%in%admitting%that%their%life%is%'nmanagea*le%and%that%in%fact%they(re% powerless%to%do%anything%to%change%themselves.%.hat(s%the%*eginning% step.%.hen%yo'%*egin%to%help%them%get%the%secrets%o't&%to%*egin%to%share% their%life%story%and%their%grief&%their%sense%of%loss. 1any%of%them%have%lost%their%families&%their%wives&%their%h's*ands%-% they(ve%lost%everything%they(ve%had%that%has%*een%important%to%them% thro'gh%the%p'rs'it%of%this%sex'al%l'st%and%fantasy.%5o'%*egin%to%j'st%love% them&%restore%them%as%*est%yo'%can%as%a%h'man%*eing&%*'t%most%of%all% t'rn%them%to%the%7ord%and%get%them%to%start%relating%to%the%7ord%0es's%and% to%Aod%as%their%Father.%.hat(s%a%very%*ig%step%for%most%*eca'se%most%of%'s% j'st%have%not%had%a%relationship%with%an%earthly%father%that(s%*een%worth% two%cents.%<ow%to%stop%transferring%that%relationship%over%to%Aod%and%to% *rea+%that%concept%of%Aod%is%a%really%diffic'lt%thing%to%do%and%ta+es%time.% 5o'%need%to%wor+%the%person%thro'gh%the%3pistles&%primarily%the%6oo+%of% Comans&%to%gain%an%'nderstanding%that%their%new%identity%has%to%*e% fo'nded%in%8hrist&%not%in%the%opposite%gender&%not%in%mom%and%dad&%*'t% that%it%is%formed%in%<im.%.hen%yo'%need%to%help%the%person%wor+%thro'gh% an%'nderstanding%of%how%that(s%accomplished. .here(s%a%lot%of%forgiveness%that%has%to%*e%exhi*ited%toward%a%person%in% yo'r%life%that%has%violated%yo'.%Eerhaps%there(s%*een%sex'al%a*'se&% certainly%there(s%*een%ver*al%a*'se%-%most%certainly%there(s%*een%neglect% or%careless%things%said&%li+e%in%my%own%case%where% %had%to%go%*ac+%to%my% dad%and%mom(s%graves%and%forgive%them%and%as+%their%forgiveness%for% vario's%things.% t(s%a%two%way%street&%and%yo'%have%to%wor+%the%person% thro'gh%that.% t(s%a%very%tedio's&%monotono's%-%not%*oring%-%very%exciting% way%to%see%them%transformed%in%that%way. %thin+%that%pro*a*ly%one%of%the%most%significant%things%yet%that% (ve% already%said%is%to%*e%0es's(%s+in%on%to%them&%to%*e%there%for%them&%to% demonstrate%8hristian%love%and%compassion%and%care%and%to%pray%with%the% person%-%call%them%on%the%phone&%as+%how%they(re%doing.%E't%them%in%an% acco'nta*ility%str'ct're%with%two&%three&%fo'r%individ'als%where%they%have% to%go%once%or%twice%a%wee+%-%to%*e%acco'nta*le%for%what%they(re%doing.% E'tting%'p%a%s'pport%gro'p%aro'nd%them%where%when%they%feel%that%they% are%*eing%drawn%*ac+%*y%old%tho'ghts%and%*y%old%emotions&%they%can%get% on%the%phone%or%get%with%an%individ'al%in%person%-%go%o't%to%l'nch%-%do% 22

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arrive % at % this % incidence % simply % *y % adding % the % rate % of % .'rner % syndrome % at% conception%B?SD%and%add%the%rate%of%intersex%at%*irth%B>.J?8SD%min's%the%rate% of % .'rner % syndrome % at % *irth % B@.@"SD: % ?U>.J?8-@.@"=H.J?".%% .his % is % a% conservative%n'm*er%that%an%intersex%*a*y%is%less%li+ely%to%s'rvive%than%a%nonintersex%*a*y.%% Misinforming Cases ,fter % or % in % place % of % misconstr'ing % how % common % intersex % cases % are& % they% deceive%listeners%to%*elieve%that%intersex%cases%are%#less#%intersex%than%they% really%are.%.hat%is&%they%want%to%paint%intersex%people%as%either%mostly%female% with%minor%male%attri*'tes%or%vice%versa.%4otter&%for%example&%says&%#of%women% who%carry%a%5%chromosome&%most%are%feminine%in%appearance%and%are%a*le%to% *ear%children.#%.his%is%simply%false.%;o%one%with%, )%can%give%*irth.%1osaicism% is%an%exception.%1osaicism%is%an%exception%to%any%statement%a*o't%sex.%.his% wo'ld%re2'ire%a%woman%who%is%almost%entirely%VV%with%very%few%V5%cells.% %have% never%heard%of%s'ch%a%thing&%*'t% %*elieve%it%co'ld%*e%technically%possi*le. %%.he% 3vangelical%,lliance%is%*rief%*'t%deceptive. .hese%examples&%altho'gh%they%deal%with%medical%a*normalities&%do%show%that% defining % (sex( % from % a % scientific % point % of % view % B*y % external % genitalia& % internal% genitalia&%or%chromosomesD%can%in%practice%*e%less%than%straightforward.p?>%% ,gain& % notice % the % minority % emphasis. % #7ess % than % straightforward&# % it % is% impossi*le/%)ome%intersex%conditions&%*oth%in%theory%and%practice&%simply % do not !a"e a sex.% ntersex%is%the%space%where%male%and%female%overlap%and%in% the%center%of%that%overlap%is%a%region%that%c annot #e di"ided%into%either%male%or% female. 0erry%7each%is%the%worst.%<e%also%is%*rief&%writing%one%page.%<e%does%not%even% ac+nowledge%that%intersex%conditions %exist%which%are%neither%VV%nor%V5.%<is% entire%thesis%is%that%#Aender%refers%to%one(s%Aod-given%genetic%sex&%male%or% female&%which%is%irreversi*ily%fixed%at%the%moment%of%conception%*y%pairing%of% the%?Hrd&%or%sex-determining%chromosomes%Bxx%or%xyD.#Flight%.oward%:oman&% p!8%%% ,c+nowledging % V9& % VV5& % or % 1osaicism % wo'ld % 2'ic+ly % 'ndermine % his% worldview.%% <e % only % ac+nowledges % am*ig'o's % genitalia..o % *e % fair& % he % does% mention % #.'rner(s % syndrome % BV9D& % 4linefelter(s % syndrome % BVV5D# % Bp!8D % *'t% witho't%explaining%what%V9%and%VV5%mean.%6eca'se%he%later%contradicts%their% existence&%any%reader%not%previo'sly%aware%of%atypical%+aryotypes%wo'ld%not% 'nderstand%them%from%cryptic%mentions.%<e%denies%the%existence%of%intersex% +aryotypes % *y % stating % n'mero's % times % that % a % +aryotype % test % will % determine% whether%the%person%is%male%or%female.%,s+ed%*y%an%interviewer&% &a!id:%# %'nderstand%that%even%hermaphrodites&%who%have%a%physical%pro*lem% with%their%sex'al%organs%-%even%their%genes%tell%what%Aod%intended%them%to%*e.% s % that % correct?# Jerry:%.hat(s%correct.%8hromosomal%st'dies%are%r'n%on%a%tr'e%hermaphrodite% who%is%exhi*iting%*oth%sets%of%genitals%to%determine%which%is%the%predominate% Aod-given % gender& % and % then % s'rgical % intervention % is % employed % to % ma+e % that% 32

correction. % )o& % chromosomal % st'dies % are % very % clear % and % concise % to % indicate% what%sex%we%are.% t%ta+es%a%lot%of%fear%to%lie%so%*oldly.%6't%7each%is%eno'gh%of%a%fool%that%he%may % not%reali-e%his%error%and%is%happy%to%spread%his%ignorance.%% 7each%also%states% that % parents % will % always % +now % if % their % child % is % intersex % thro'gh % the % doctor.% =nfort'nately&%this%is%not%tr'e.%%1any%doctors%conceal%intersex%conditions%from% *oth%patient%and%parents%*elieving%the%*est%thing%to%do%is%avoid%*'rdening%them% with%the%tr'th.%.his%is%slowly%changing. A)omina)le 8e#a!ior 8hristians%sho'ld%not%accept%gender%defenders%to%ignore%the%facts&%or%even%lie% *'t%there%is%line%*etween%*ad%academics%and%o'tright%disg'sting%*ehavior.%% <istorically&%intersex%people%have%*een%greater%victims%than%trans%people.%)ome% c'lt'res%responded%*y%+illing%all%infants%with%am*ig'o's%genitals&%*elieving%they% were%c'rsed.%B9ther%c'lt'res%*elieved%they%were%*lessed&%having%the%d'al% power%of%male%and%female.D%$e*orah%6rown&%director%of% ntersex%)'pport% Aro'p% nternational&%was%thrown%o't%of%her%6aptist%ch'rch%when%they% discovered%her%genitals%at%*irth%were%am*ig'o's.%,nother%8hristian%was%denied% *aptism%*eca'se%her%ch'rch%decided%she%was%not%made%in%the%image%of%Aod%as% descri*ed%in%Aenesis%>.?J.%.he%only%relief%from%this%o'trageo's%*ehavior%is%that% ch'rches%are%too%ashamed%to%carry%o't%this%*igotry%p'*licly. 1any%gender%defenders%ta+e%the%action%of%one%trans%person%and%smear%every% trans%person%ali+e.% n%0erry%7each(s%case&%that%one%trans%person%is%himself.%.hat% is%not%my%intent.%Cather%my%intent%is%to%demonstrate%the%gender/sex%*inary%has% proven%itself%a%vehicle%for%sin%and%hate%*eca'se%it%appeals%to%o'r%*aser%instincts% of%excl'ding%those%different.%0es's%lived%the%practice%of%li*eral%incl'sion%of% minorities%Band%li*eral%excl'sion%of%sinD%and%no%one%denies%transgenderism% promotes%this%same%genero's%incl'sion.%#5o'%shall%+now%a%tree%*y%its%fr'it.# T#eology .here%is%a%consistent%theology%for%intersex%in%the%pro-*inary%ideology. 6eca'se%this%is%a%fallen%world&%there%are%*irth%defects%that%affect%all%parts%of%the% h'man%anatomy&%*'t%these%extremely%rare%defects%do%not%invalidate%the%*inary% nat're % of % Aod(s % good % design % of % manhood % and % womanhood.% www.c*mw.org/6log/Eosts/1ale-and-Female-<e-8reated-,thletes- s-.here-a$ifference%% 7i+e%any%other%defect&%intersex%conditions%sho'ld%*e%treated%to%conform%to%the% #good%design#%of%what%we%*elieve%the%h'man%*ody%sho'ld%*e.%.reatment% incl'des%genital%s'rgery&%*reast%removal&%hair%removal&%and/or%artificial% hormones&%exactly%the%same%methods%transex'als%'se. 8hristian%orthodoxy%affirms%that%corr'ption%of%o'r%*odies%mystically%res'lts% from%the%corr'ption%of%o'r%actions.%9rthodoxy%does%not%affirm%that%every% 33

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