I Thought God Created Me a Lesbian, Until I Realized it was Trauma
Rev. Elizabeth Woning is cofounder of ChangedMovement.com, a website for people who once identified as LGBTQ. A former lesbian, she shares her journey of faith, healing, and happiness, now married to a man since 2005. Listen as she explains the founding of her ministry and about her efforts to help others out of the LGBT subculture. “I was your stereotypical butch lesbian. I was out and proud … I believed I had been born gay, that God created me that way, that lesbianism was the right expression of my femininity,” Elizabeth said, until she realized, “Maybe these feelings are anchored in some kind of trauma.” “I felt the Lord was pursuing me. And I remember thinking, ‘If I could have communion with God, I would have purpose, there would be meaning to my life, but there would especially be value. And that was it. From that point, I burnt every bridge that I had into the LGBT movement.” Then came Changed . “Our focus was to equip church congregations to provide safe spaces for people l