Alex
My name is Alexander Trask, I am 17 years old, and I'm a gay, Christian, transgender man.
I attended a Christian school until the six grade when my parents decided to place me into a public school. This change in environment helped me understand that I was queer.
This awakening caused issues at home when my father discovered my journal and learned about my feelings of wanting to be a boy.
Pronouns: he/him
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Shocked, my father kicked me out of the house, sending me off to live with my mother. Since I was raised believing who I was and having faith in Christ was a contradiction, I decided to leave the church and the Christian faith as a whole.
During this time, I started exploring spirituality, hoping to experience the same presence and connection that I had with God, but such attempts were unsuccessful. And while I was in search of greater power, I still felt disconnected from who I was as a person.
I eventually went back into the closet when I started to express my femininity and thought maybe I was a lesbian. With everything going on, I became hospitalized after my continual suicidal thoughts were placed in action. But while I was in the hospital, I met someone whom I believe was filled with the Holy Spirit. This was the presence I was longing for as I thought about God during my stay.
After my discharge, I was eager to learn more about God, while also becoming the fullness of whom God created me to be. I came out as transgender and went through Hormone Replacement Therapy in August of 2020.
Being proud of who I am while also holding onto my faith was not easy. Soon enough, I felt hopeless that my being and my faith could share. But I know that God was continually chasing me until I accepted him as my heavenly father. Today, I am more secure in my identity in Christ, along with my identity as a transgender man. I am queer, I am divine, and I know that God loves me.
Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me. Psalms 27:10.
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