I Am What God Created Me: A Trans Woman Tells Her Story

For 55 years, Sabine Estner lived in a man's body and in the community of the church, including 14 years as a monk. All the while, she felt like a girl from an early age. Her father tried to beat it out of her. Without her faith, she says, she would not have survived. What is it like to believe deeply in God and Jesus Christ, but have the institution that represents you try to erase that identity? How do you manage to withstand massive external pressure without losing your own faith? By finding the strength to overcome church dogma and find the God who loves you for who you are.

In 'I Am As God Created Me', Sabine tells of her difficult journey as a trans person in the bosom of the church and in a society that was not (yet) ready to think beyond the male/female model.