Ep 1381 | He Lived as a 'Trans Christian' for 30 Years Before He Heard This | William Allen

August 7, 2026

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William Allen lived as a woman named Maggie for thirty years, attended church regularly, and believed he was a Christian. Then he heard a pastor preach about sin, hell, and repentance for the first time. He got angry, checked the Bible to see if the pastor was right, and discovered he had never understood the gospel at all. His detransition and conversion are not a story about gender politics. They are a story about what happens when someone finally hears the bad news clearly enough to grasp the good news.

A Thirty-Year Secret

Allen’s struggle began at age four or five in the 1960s. He did not feel he was born in the wrong body. He simply wanted to be a girl. He would cry himself to sleep praying God would change him overnight, and he secretly dressed in his mother’s clothes. But he also lived a normal boyhood in the Midwest — riding bikes, building forts, earning Eagle Scout rank. He compartmentalized completely. No one knew. He dated girls, married a Christian woman, and thought his compulsions had vanished when he fell in love. They returned in the third year of marriage “with a vengeance.” The marriage ended in divorce. He sat on the floor of his fixer-upper with a gun to his head five nights in a row. On the fifth night, he pulled the trigger. Nothing happened. He does not know whether it was divine intervention or his mind playing tricks, but he survived.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Episode Introduction** - Allie introduces William Allen, who lived as a trans woman for 30 years while believing he was a Christian, before the biblical gospel changed everything.
2 (01:02) **William's Overview of His Testimony** - He lived as a woman for 30 years but heard the biblical gospel and everything changed.
3 (01:45) **Childhood Struggles with Gender Identity** - William describes feeling a desire to be a girl from age four or five, but knowing he was a boy.
4 (04:41) **False Conversion and Church Background** - William was raised in church and thought he was a Christian, but was actually a false convert.
5 (06:30) **Compartmentalization and Discovery** - William kept his secret completely hidden and found a support group as a young adult.
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7 (11:42) **First Dressing as a Woman and Meeting His Wife** - William attended a support group dressed as a woman and received affirmation, then met his future wife.

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Show Notes

Allie is joined by William Allen, the author of “Not Man Enough to Be a Woman,” who lived as a trans-identifying woman for 30 years. William talks about his feelings dating back to his childhood and his eventual decision to live as “Maggie.” However, as time passed, he came face-to-face with the LGBTQ movement, which he saw as far more sexually driven and attention-seeking than anything he ever desired. His life took a turn when he encountered the real gospel after a family tragedy and realized he needed to live as the William that God created.

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Time Codes

0:00 Introduction

1:45 Will’s Confused Formative Years

22:21 Will’s Transition to “Maggie”

26:53 The Horrors of the New Trans Movement

37:05 Will’s Conversion to Christianity

53:29 Becoming the Man God Created

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