Laura Perry Smalts says she spent nearly a decade living as a transgender man named Jake before ultimately leaving that identity and returning to her Christian faith.
Her story began with years of confusion about her identity, followed by hormone treatments and surgeries as she attempted to live as a man.
But Laura says those changes did not bring the peace and fulfillment she was searching for.
Eventually, she returned to Scripture and began seeking God in a completely different way.
She says encountering the love of Christ changed the direction of her life.
Today, Laura shares her testimony through churches, conferences, interviews, and her ministry with her husband, seeking to help others who are struggling with questions of identity and faith.
Her testimony points to a central message of the Gospel.
Our deepest identity isn’t something we have to manufacture.
It is found in the One who created us.