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Watch Oprah’s OWN ‘Iyanla Fix The Life’ of a Black Female to Male Transgender [VIDEOS]

Take a look at the videos below and think for a moment what you would do if you had to be face with this issue as a parent and your transgendered child. Its a moving revelation and we want to makes some points at the end that are crucial to keep in mind. Note: descriptions for each clip comes from Oprah.com

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Jeremyah Speaks His Truth to Iyanla

Cynthia McCain was born a Pentecostal pastor’s daughter. After years of feeling like she was born in the wrong body, Cynthia decided to live her truth. Today, she is Jeremyah. Jeremyah says his father does not know he has been living as a man, legally changed his name and is planning to have gender reassignment surgery. Before revealing everything to his conservative father, Jeremyah opens up about his feelings of guilt, shame and fear to Iyanla. Find out why Iyanla says Jeremyah is more courageous than he even knows.

How This Pastor Feels About His Transgender Son

Iyanla has traveled to Los Angeles to help mend a fractured relationship between a pastor and his transgender child. Watch as Brother McCain starts to open up to Iyanla about his struggles in accepting the situation.

Exclusive Webisode: How Brother McCain Would Counsel a Transgender Individual

If a transgender stranger were to come to Brother McCain’s church asking why his father won’t accept him, what would Brother McCain tell that person? Watch as Iyanla plays that role and find out how Brother McCain would counsel that stranger.

Jeremyah Gets in Touch with His Anger

Jeremyah is a transgender 27-year-old, who is about to have a face-to-face conversation with his conservative Pentecostal pastor father. Iyanla has talked to Jeremyah about shame, guilt and fear, but she knows there’s still one more thing he needs to confront within himself—anger. Watch as Iyanla helps him get in touch with his anger and realize the risks he will have to take to live his truth.

Exclusive Webisode: The 3 Things Jeremyah Likes Most About Himself

Iyanla’s getting ready to say goodbye after an afternoon working with Jeremyah, a 27-year-old transgender man getting ready to talk to his pastor father about the truth of his lifestyle. Before she goes, she wants Jeremyah to share the three things he most appreciates about himself. Find out what he says. Plus, Iyanla shares the three things she most appreciates about Jeremyah.

Brother McCain Gets Real

During her conversation with Brother McCain—a pastor struggling to accept his daughter’s transition to life as a man—Iyanla becomes frustrated. Watch as she encourages Brother McCain to share his feelings as a father, not just a biblical scholar. Plus, hear why Iyanla says he needs to recognize his youngest daughter no longer exists.

Jeremyah and His Father Meet Face-to-Face

Jeremyah is transgender and, at age 27, is transitioning into becoming a man. His father, Brother McCain, is a Pentecostal pastor. After they both spoke with Iyanla separately, the two are finally ready to speak face-to-face. Watch the meeting and get the ground rules Iyanla set up for their conversation. Plus, find out how Jeremyah and Brother McCain’s relationship is today.

AT2W’s Take: This story is a good one in so many ways. Iyanla is helping a young lady who is transitioning to being a male with the disapproval of her Pentecostal pastor and father. While we watched this, we couldn’t help but feel for this young lady. She, like many others, feel she was born in the wrong body. It’s amazing how these kind of issues are so prevalent in our society more than ever because people are no longer wanting to hide who they are in the public. With that being said, the willingness to be open, doesn’t change the hardship of confronting the issue at hand: How do we deal with a transgendered child that doesn’t feel accepted by her own father?

If you take a look at this article, Is Transgenderism a Psychological Issue or a Hormonal Issue?, you will get the issues at hand in a more clear manner and understand what the real struggle is. This article speaks truth from a biblical standpoint. Though we respect Iyanla’s approach at promoting love, peace and understanding in this instance, which is much needed, God was a much bigger plan in this overall.

The article above concentrates on God’s truth:

Contrary to what experts tell us, hormonal treatment given to a underdeveloped child in order to ‘let them decide’ who they want to be, is against God’s will and plan for their lives. A parent is doing a child a true injustice psychologically, emotionally, socially, physically, mentally and in every way possible.

If you are a teen or young adult that is not comfortable inside you body, you need to know God wants you to be exactly what He created you to be. By attempting or changing how He especially designed you with YOU in mind, is like insulting God- let alone grieving Him. What you actually need is to engage with people who deal with the same issues and who want to work out those feelings instead of acting on them.

It is the same as someone with same sex attraction or homosexual tendencies. A person sometimes only knows what they feel but do not know how they came about feeling this way. Just as transgenderism is not hormonal; homosexual feelings are not either. They are both psychological issues that can be worked out through deliverance in Jesus Christ.