The Lila Rose Show E282: From Testosterone to Three Under Three: Lex's Journey of Gender & Sexuality | Lila Rose Show
Jan 9, 2026
Lex Renick, a Christian speaker and founder of Revive Traveling Ministry, shares a profound journey from living as a transgender man to embracing faith and family. She opens up about childhood trauma, her struggles with identity, and a near-fatal experience during surgery that sparked her transformation. Lex emphasizes the power of God's love in her life, recounting how she met her husband after prayer and eventually conceived three children. She offers heartfelt advice on how to love and support LGBTQ loved ones while navigating truth and compassion.
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Fourteen Years Living As A Man
- Lex lived as a man for 14 years and later detransitioned to live as a woman and Christian wife.
- She is now pregnant with her third child after stopping testosterone and experiencing healing.
Childhood Abuse Shaped Identity
- Lex experienced sexual abuse beginning at age five and long-term family instability with addiction.
- That trauma shaped her self-worth and later contributed to gender and sexual identity struggles.
Trauma Turned Body Into Currency
- In therapy Lex realized she objectified herself and valued her body because it was repeatedly taken.
- She concluded her early self-worth was rooted in being useful physically rather than emotionally.
