Born twice

With "Born twice"and col Cornerstone Project we want to collect and talk about the faith journeys of transgender people and their families. In May 2025, on the occasion of thePrayer vigils to overcome homotransbiphobia, some of these stories will be collected byJonathan's tentin a free printed booklet with which we want to weave a bridge of knowledge between these two often distant worlds, to help break down walls and prejudices. Read the stories we have already collected here and if you want to add your own, write totendedigionata@gmail.comWord of mouth

  • My journey as a trans boy discovering my identity and my faith

    Testimony* by Ethan Caspani Curiosity has perhaps been among the most fruitful and generative gifts that God has given me. It has always been and continues to be that "travel companion" that has inspired questions, aroused interests, initiated paths, encouraged meetings, enabled discoveries. My inner world is constantly evolving. I was born…

  • Loved by God in a world that rejects me. The story of Bruna, a transgender woman

    Testimony* by Bruna I am Bruna, I am a Brazilian transgender woman and I willingly agreed to share my testimony of life and faith, because I think that listening to my story can help others to eliminate fear and prejudice towards transgender people. In fact, there are still many people who have…

  • If God made me this way, that's fine. I trust him and I'm not afraid

    Testimony* by Florencia I haven't had an easy life, and it's not easy to talk about it. Transgender people are reserved, they don't talk about themselves, because the suffering is great. However, if we feel that those in front of us are listening to us with respect and attention, a window opens and the words come from the heart. A…

  • Discovering people close to me saved me. My transition to God

    Testimonial* from Aparecida My name is Aparecida. I hit rock bottom first and from there I started a new life path. I had to face prostitution and the street, and I got out of it. At the age of twelve I left my family because they didn't accept me: for them I was different, first homosexual and then...

  • We parents with a transgender child must "get out of our certainties to venture into unexplored territories"

    Testimony of Elena from the Vite Nuove Famiglie Cristiane in Transition group A "more than tomboy" girl, this is how our creature was introduced to us at ten years old, when we took her into foster care. We were totally unprepared to understand the dimension of gender identity, and unfortunately the specialists we initially turned to did not…

  • God does not see genders, but He sees in the heart

    Testimony* by Aleandra When I was a child I lived in Peru with my parents and my brothers. I had too difficult a childhood. My mom died when I was seven. He killed her, my father, and went to prison. Ever since I was little I used to put a towel on my head to pretend I had…

  • Mom after the transition "it will be me, in fact I was already who I will be!"

    Testimony* by Luisa Turci, a Christian mother with a transgender child, member of La tent di Gionata and Agedo Rimini-Cesena. Manu was sixteen years old. That evening, when I returned home, he told me about his coming out, saying: "Ma, it seems to me that I like both boys and girls." It comes to me…

  • I am called to be trans and a believer. At the crossroads, I chose Love

    Testimony* from Giona from the LGBT+ Young Christian Project I was lucky enough to receive Baptism. And I don't call it luck in light of my current faith, but because I see the sacrament of Baptism as a soil that someone prepares for you, on which he sows the first seed that - if and when it suits you...

  • Trans incidences. God made me born a woman to become a better man

    Testimony from Alex from Bari My name is Alex and I am a twenty-one year old trans boy. I am currently a student. I am attending an ITS course on the management of multifunctional activities in agricultural companies such as agritourisms. I have recognized myself as a man since the age of three, when I began to reject all clothing attributed to gender...

  • God where are you? My life in transition

    Rosita's testimony collected by Erika Capobianco* I'm tired, really too tired to go out tonight. Especially my legs, they hurt, they are heavy like lead. I curse myself for what I did to my body. Why did I do it? Was it necessary? I want to sleep, sleep and not think. There were seven of us in the family, five children and…