Kyla Gillespie
About Kyla
Kyla Gillespie was born in BC, Canada. Being raised in a Christian home, she came to faith in Jesus Christ at a young age. As early as the age of five, she began to experience gender dysphoria. In her teens, wrestling with both same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria, life became difficult. She spent her late teens and adult years as a Professional Women's Hockey Player. After a lifelong battle with Gender Identity, in 2011 she fully transitioned from female to male. While living as a male for six years, God revealed himself to her in a powerful way. Since then she has fully de-transitioned and is now living out her God-given gender and sexuality as a woman in pursuit of Jesus.
Kyla is the author of Transformed: The Power of God's Word and God's People in One Woman's Journey through Gender Confusion, Reassignment Surgery, and Detransitioning.
She has a passion for teaching, speaking and sharing the Gospel. She travels within Canada and the USA and would love to travel the world sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Kyla has been working on writing blogs, and podcasts. She has been a contributor to The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender in film and Conferences.
Her deep desire is to make Jesus known and help other Christians be better equipped to love the LGBTQ+ community. Kyla is an active and involved member of her local Church, Gospel City, in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
General Session 2 // Saturday AM
Transformed: God’s Design, My Story, His Glory
In this powerful and personal session, Kyla shares her journey through gender confusion, transition, and detransition, revealing the transforming power of Jesus Christ and the truth of God’s Word. Through Scripture and testimony, she presents a compassionate, biblical vision for God’s design for sexuality and gender—offering hope, clarity, and redemption for every story.
Breakout Session A // 2:00pm-3:00pm
The People Who Stayed: A Community’s Journey Through De-transition
Kyla Gillespie will be joined by some of her close friends and church community, who walked beside her through her struggles with gender dysphoria and transition, and now de-transition and restoration. Together, they will share wisdom on how to approach hard conversations, walk in patience, and make room for the Lord to do what only He can do in changing someone’s heart.