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Jamie Lee Curtis stuns in lingerie photo as fans say she's 'still got it'
Jamie Lee Curtis is "proud as f---" of her goddaughter for her latest movie.
The 67-year-old actress took to Instagram to share her support for her goddaughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal's new "audacious, bold, punk, feminist, opera of a movie," "The Bride," in a unique way.
"She sent me some lingerie, which is one of the partnerships with @victoriassecret and I wore it today to support my money makers as well as her movie and couldn't figure out how to show her my support so this was the best I could do in a limo driving around New York City," she wrote in the caption.
Curtis posted a photo of herself in a patterned lingerie top with black lace on the chest and a matching long-sleeve cover-up over it. She paired the look with her signature glasses and a chain necklace.
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Fans in the comments section could not help but gush over the photo, with one writing, "Whaaaat! Not Jamie Lee setting up a thirst trap."
Another fan wrote "Still Got It WOW!!" while a third commenter added, "Aging Beautifully."
Curtis is known in Hollywood for speaking her mind, telling AARP’s Movies for Grownups in March that her mindset changed when she turned 60, telling the outlet she "realized I was going to die sooner than later."
"Sooner than later means sooner than later. And that understanding meant I have no effing time to waste. No time to waste on toxic people, on relationships that don't serve me," she added.
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The "Freakier Friday" star shared in the caption that she is in New York to promote her latest project, "Scarpetta," which she is starring in and producing with Nicole Kidman.
Based on the popular book series written by Patricia Cornwell, "Scarpetta" stars Kidman as forensic pathologist, Dr. Kay Scarpetta as she works to catch a serial killer. Curtis stars alongside her as Dorothy Farinelli, Kidman's character's sister.
"She brings her spirit, which is open, beautiful, gracious, grateful that she gets this opportunity," she told AARP about working with Kidman. "I walk into every day of every job the same way. I don’t care if it’s a yogurt commercial or a TV show I’m producing. We both appreciate that we get to do this. And at this age, if we’re not in this together, I’m not sure what we’re doing."
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Curtis joked that as the boss she can't get fired after previously telling The Guardian in July 2025 that she has "been self-retiring for 30 years" in an effort to "leave the party before I'm no longer invited."
Having grown up with famous parents, the "True Lies" star has a unique perspective on how getting older can sometimes mean being sidelined in Hollywood.
"I witnessed my parents lose the very thing that gave them their fame and their life and their livelihood, when the industry rejected them at a certain age," she explained. "I watched them reach incredible success and then have it slowly erode to where it was gone. And that’s very painful."
Maher breaks down dispute between him and the president, declares he doesn’t have ‘Trump derangement syndrome’
"Real Time" host Bill Maher broke down the ongoing dispute with President Donald Trump on Friday, asserting that he doesn't suffer from "Trump derangement syndrome," but rather, the president suffers from "Bill Maher derangement syndrome."
Following their seemingly cordial dinner at the White House in April 2025 — arranged by Trump and Maher's mutual friend, singer Kid Rock — the president took to Truth Social last month to blast the dinner with Maher as a "total waste of time."
During his "new rule" segment at the end of Friday's show, the "Real Time" host said, "Someone has to help Donald Trump understand that I don't suffer from Trump derangement syndrome. He suffers from Bill Maher derangements syndrome."
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"Three weeks ago, I woke up to some things the president had written on his Truth Social media platform that somehow were not true. I don't know how they got in there. It's not like the president to just make things up when he's mad. But on this occasion, he did, which I forgive, but on Valentine's Day, that hurt."
Maher then went through a litany of accusations Trump made about him, such as the late-night host "immediately" requesting a vodka tonic and that he was "extremely nervous" upon meeting the president.
"But just to set the record straight, from what the president claimed, I didn't ask for the dinner. Our mutual friend asked me. It's on tape from my podcast. Also, I wasn't nervous and scared, and the dinner wasn't quick. I was there almost three hours, and it wasn't vodka. It was a margarita. I didn't ask for it right away. I had a drink before dinner, and then a couple more during. I was having a good time," he declared. "So were you, Don, because we were talking like real humans, not like that crazy act you put on in public."
As described by Maher, Trump is someone who "wears his heart on his sleeve" and feels "hurt" when people like the "Real Time" host fail to recognize his accomplishments.
Maher went on to describe an alleged text exchange between himself and the president: "You texted me soon after the dinner, complaining I was still part of the lunatic left. You should have won a Nobel Prize for ending wars. And I texted back, ‘Yeah, and I should have 120 Emmys.’ We argued for a while and you ended by saying, 'Bill, you know what, don't change. I wouldn't know what to do with you if you did.'"
"OK, that's the normal human being. I saw the night we broke bread and as long as I think there's even a spark of a possibility to bring that guy out more, I will not consider the dinner a waste of time," he added.
Continuing, the late-night host made his case as to why he doesn't have "Trump derangement syndrome."
"Let's go through the things you're butthurt about people not having noticed. Because some people do have TDS. But you know what? I've called people out for making hating you their entire reason to live. Get a life. Stop making him your whole personality," he argued. "But Don, you have to take some responsibility for that, because you make people crazy. Because you do things that are racist, misogynistic, anti-democratic, and corrupt. But I'll prove now, I don't have the dreaded TDS."
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Maher noted that he never threw Trump "under the bus" after their meeting together, even after being chastised for "[eating] steak with Hitler."
He also pointed out that he commended Trump for his success in restoring the country's southern border, the removal of violent criminals and the "taking out of Iran's nuclear capability," among others.
While Maher has been vocal about touting the president's wins, the comedian noted that he has "every right" to criticize things that don't match his "idea of success."
"ICE? Yeah, I'm glad you got rid of stone-cold criminals, but no one wanted the sadism and stupidity that went along with it. DOGE? A complete disaster. People died for no reason and it cut no government waste. Coal is not beautiful or clean. Criminalizing dissent is wrong and so is the juvenile trolling and suing people into silence," he argued.
"Don, there are things that you do that we, not just me, but we, I mean even the people who are too scared to talk to you straight, just don't get about you. Taking the side of autocrats instead of democratic allies around the world? Who hates Canada? And wind? You hate the wind?"
Closing out the segment, Maher referenced Georgia Sen. Jon Ossof's, D-Ga., recent remark that those in the Trump administration are "the elites they pretend to hate."
"Free advice, if the Democrats ever learn to weaponize [Ossof's] message, your MAGA movement is in big trouble," he concluded.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Pope Leo picks new Vatican ambassador to US as Trump tensions mount over policies
People Leo XIV on Saturday announced the appointment of the Vatican’s new ambassador, Apostolic Nuncio, to the U.S. to help manage strained relations with the Trump administration.
Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68, a veteran Vatican diplomat who is currently ambassador to the United Nations, previously served as ambassador to the Philippines and Lebanon.
Caccia is replacing 80-year-old Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who is retiring.
"I receive this mission with both joy and a sense of trepidation," Caccia said after the appointment, according to the Vatican News. He added that his mission was "at the service of communion and peace," remembering that 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
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The pope and President Donald Trump have been at odds over key issues for the White House, including immigration and the war in Iran.
Pierre's ambassadorship was also at times at odds with the more conservative U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops while representing Pope Francis’ more progressive priorities.
"Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only through a reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue," the American-born pope said on Sunday after the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, according to the outlet Chicago Catholic.
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"Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of enormous proportions, I address to the parties involved a heartfelt appeal to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable abyss," he added.
In early January, Leo also delivered a major policy speech, mostly in English, that came on the heels of the U.S. military action in Venezuela.
"War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading," the pope warned in the speech.
Trump called it a "great honor for our country" when Leo was elected pope last May after Pope Francis’ death, and when asked about Leo’s remarks earlier this year seemingly pressing him on policy, Trump told Politico he hadn’t seen the statements from the pontiff, but "I’m sure he’s a lovely man."
He also said that he had met with the pope’s brother, who he called "serious MAGA."
Last fall, the pope suggested that supporting the "inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States" is not "pro-life," leaving White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to "reject there was inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration."
Leavitt, who is Catholic, added that the administration always tries to be as humane as possible while enforcing laws.
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, current president of the U.S. conference, said after Caccia’s appointment: "On behalf of my brother bishops, I wish to extend our warmest welcome and our prayerful support to him as he carries out his responsibilities across the United States."
Trump won 59% of the Catholic vote in the 2024 election, according to Politico.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Noem thanks Trump for new Shield of the Americas special envoy role after DHS ouster
During the Shield of the Americas summit in Florida on Saturday, outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem thanked President Donald Trump for appointing her to a newly created role after she was ousted from overseeing the agency.
Noem, who is moving to the newly created position of special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, showed no ill feelings toward the president and said she was proud of her work at DHS, arguing the department had secured the border and eliminated public safety threats.
"I do want to thank the president for creating this and for giving me the honor and the opportunity to serve as a special envoy to this region, to the Western Hemisphere," Noem said during the summit at Trump National Doral outside Miami.
"This Shield of the Americas will be a powerful example to the rest of the world about what’s possible."
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Trump announced this week that Noem would shift into the new role after cutting short her tenure at DHS.
Noem was removed as the nation’s immigration chief after a turbulent stretch marked by internal clashes and two contentious congressional hearings where even some Republicans pressed her over leadership missteps, including the ad campaign, which she claimed the president had signed off on.
Noem framed the initiative as an effort to expand border security cooperation beyond the United States.
"The way that we cooperate on our shared ideals of freedom and of democracy and safety and security will be a shining light to all of those who wish to be more like all of us," she said.
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Noem, who previously served in Congress and as South Dakota governor before leading DHS, defended her record overseeing immigration enforcement during the past year.
"In the last year, as secretary of Homeland Security, we have focused on securing our border," she said. "We have transformed our country from one that was being invaded by enemies, millions of them that were coming in unvetted, that we didn’t know who was there and who wished to harm us."
"We’ve secured that border," she continued. "We’ve focused on removing public safety threats, and over 3 million people have been deported or removed from our country in the last year."
Noem argued that stronger border enforcement has allowed the administration to pivot toward economic and diplomatic engagement with neighboring nations.
"Secure borders has changed everything for our country," she said. "Now that America is secure and our borders are secure, we want to focus on our neighbors and to help our neighbors with their borders and challenges that they have so that they may have the security that we enjoy."
Trump announced on Truth Social that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., will replace her effective March 31, while Noem shifts to the newly created envoy role.
Members of Trump's Cabinet, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attended Saturday's summit.
Leaders from other nations included Argentina's Javier Milei, El Salvador's Nayib Bukele Ortez, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Costa Rica's Rodrigo Chaves Robles, Panama's José Raúl Mulino Quintero, and Trinidad and Tobago's Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Chile's Jose Antonio Kast, the Dominican Republic's Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, Ecuador's Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín, Guyana's Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Honduras' Nasry "Tito" Asfura and Paraguay's Santiago Peña.
Notably missing were the leaders of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, and Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.
Trump and first lady attend dignified transfer for 6 US troops killed in Kuwait
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Kent County, Delaware, on Saturday for six U.S. service members killed in a March 1 Iranian drone attack in Kuwait.
The solemn ritual returns the remains of troops killed in action and is considered one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief.
The fallen troops were killed in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
Transfer cases were used to move the soldiers to Dover Air Force Base, where they will be identified and prepared for their journey home.
After identification, the fallen, who were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command from Des Moines, Iowa, are placed in a casket and transported to their final resting places.
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All six were U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, Iowa, which provides food, fuel, water and ammunition, and transports equipment and supplies.
The War Department identified the fallen service members as Maj. Jeffery O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa; Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California, is also believed to be deceased.
Each of the soldiers' families were present at the transfer.
Trump, speaking at a summit of Latin American leaders in Miami before traveling to Delaware, called the fallen service members heroes "coming home in a different manner than they thought they’d be coming home."
He described the attack as "a very sad situation" and pledged to keep American war deaths "to a minimum."
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who also attended the ritual, wrote in a social media post on Friday of "an unbreakable spirit to honor their memory and the resolve they embodied."
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Officials said the soldiers were supporting operations in the region when the unmanned aircraft struck their position.
Khork enlisted in the National Guard in 2009 as a multiple launch rocket system/fire direction specialist, then commissioned as a military police officer in the Army Reserve in 2014. He deployed to Saudi Arabia in 2018, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2021, and Poland in 2024. His awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 10 Year Device and "M" Device.
Amor joined the National Guard in 2005 as an automated logistics specialist and transferred to the Army Reserve the following year. She deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019 and earned multiple commendations, including the Army Commendation Medal and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" Device.
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Tietjens entered the Army Reserve in 2006 as a wheeled vehicle mechanic and completed two deployments to Kuwait in 2009 and 2019. His decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Achievement Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal with Campaign Star.
Coady enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 as an information technology specialist and was posthumously promoted from specialist to sergeant. His awards include the National Defense Service Medal and the Overseas Service Ribbon.
O’Brien served nearly 15 years in the Army Reserve. Commissioned in 2012 as a Signal Corps officer, he was promoted to major in 2024 and previously deployed to Kuwait in 2019. In civilian life, he worked in cybersecurity and defensive cyber operations.
Marzan, of Sacramento, California, was an Army reservist assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command. Family and state officials described him as a devoted husband and father.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
‘Fire-breathing’ trend linked to severe burns in teens, officials warn
Parents are being warned of a new trend among kids, involving alcohol and an open flame.
The "fire-breathing" challenge has led to reports of severe burns, according to local news outlets.
Kids and teens are reportedly holding alcohol in their mouths and blowing it onto a match or another open flame to mimic "breathing fire."
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According to Philadelphia’s 6abc News (WPVI), a teen in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, was intubated and treated for burns to the face, neck and chest after attempting the trend.
"Luckily, in this particular case, it did not burn the building down," Al Hussey, Wilmerding Borough Fire Marshal, told WPVI.
"But somebody really got hurt, and, you know, is going to have life-altering injuries."
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Pitcairn Fire Chief Tommy Dick told CBS News Pittsburgh (KDKA) that the 14-year-old girl was playing with isopropyl alcohol at a local apartment complex.
"It's not a very smart thing for anybody to do, let alone children," Dick said. "It's supposed to be for cleaning off wounds and cuts and stuff, not ingesting and trying to blow fire."
"This could have easily gone inside their digestive tract, and she could have died," he added.
Anyone who has ingested isopropyl alcohol requires immediate medical attention, according to Healthline, as it can cause stomach pain, dizziness, confusion and slowed breathing. In severe cases, it can lead to a coma.
Fire experts are urging parents to closely monitor which household products are within their children’s reach.
"If they're doing their hair with chemicals, if they're taking isopropyl alcohol in the room, or any type of fingernail polish remover," Hussey said. "Obviously, monitor your lighters and your matches and educate your children."
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Multiple cases of children's injuries have occurred in recent weeks after being allegedly "inspired" by online stunts, WPVI reported. One trend involved microwaving a toy that burst and left severe burns on a 9-year-old's face.
US figure skating star Alysa Liu appears to withdraw from World Championships in Prague
Less than a month after winning Olympic gold, U.S. figure skating sensation Alysa Liu appears to have surprisingly pulled out of the World Skating Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.
Liu is no longer listed on the event's participants on the International Skating Union (ISU) website. Her original spot is now filled by second alternative, Sarah Everhardt.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Liu's representatives for comment.
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No reason is currently known for Liu's sudden absence from the roster.
The change comes just days after Liu revealed on social media that she was recently "chased" to her car by a spectator.
"So I land at the airport, & there’s a crowd waiting at the exit with cameras & things for me to sign," she wrote in an Instagram story. "All up in my personal space. Someone chased me to my car bruh. Please do not do that to me."
Liu previously entered a temporary retirement shortly after her first Olympic appearance in 2022. Her father, Arthur Liu, said it was due to "trauma."
"She became really unhappy," Arthur Liu told USA Today about why she retired. "She avoided the ice rink at all costs. She's traumatized. She was just traumatized. She was suffering from PTSD, and she wouldn't go near the ice rink."
Before her appearance in the 2022 Beijing Games, she and her father were the alleged targets of a spying operation by the Chinese government. Liu called the experience "a little bit freaky and exciting."
"You know what I mean? It's so … unbelievable. You know what I mean like, that's crazy," she previously told Fox News Digital at a roundtable interview at the USOPC Media Summit in October.
"Like, imagine finding that out at such a young age, I mean, like In a weird way, I was like, 'Am I like in some prank show?' Like, is this world real. Like, I must be some movie character. But, I mean, it was like it made sense to me, you know, from like everything my dad did back in his activist days."
Arthur Liu told The Associated Press in 2022, "They are probably just trying to intimidate us, to ... in a way threaten us not to say anything, to cause trouble to them and say anything political or related to human rights violations in China. ... I had concerns about her safety. The U.S. government did a good job protecting her."
Liu made her return to the sport just two years later in 2024. By March 2025, she was already making history for Team USA, becoming the first American to the World Figure Skating Championships in 19 years. Then in February, she made history as the first American to win Olympic gold in a women's individual figure skating competition since 2002, and the first American woman to medal at all in the event since 2006.
The historic win was followed by a massive surge in popularity.
Prior to the Olympics, she had less than 300,000 followers on Instagram. Just a week after the Olympics ended, she climbed past 5 million. Now, at the time of publication, she has more than 7.4 million.
However, it appears that many of her new fans now won't get to see her compete in Prague.
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Miami RedHawks complete undefeated regular season with dramatic overtime victory over Ohio
The Miami RedHawks men’s basketball team became just the fifth NCAA Division I program this century to go undefeated in the regular season after a thrilling overtime victory over Ohio on Friday night.
Miami (Ohio) capped off the regular season as the only remaining undefeated team behind the performance of Eian Elmer, who scored a career-high of 32 points in the 110-108 victory, and star guard Peter Suder, who scored five of his 13 points in overtime.
Jackson Paveletzke led Ohio with a career-high 37 points, but it wasn’t enough to cement a win, as his would-be buzzer-beater missed the mark.
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With a 31-0 record, the focus now shifts to March basketball as the RedHawks’ place in the tournament is far from certain.
"An undefeated season, it has to matter, right?" athletic director David Sayler told USA Today of the team’s chances at making the national tournament. "Otherwise, why wouldn't we just play three days in (the MAC tournament) and the winner goes to the (NCAA) tournament and forget the regular season if you're not going to take an undefeated team?"
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"It should cement it."
Miami (Ohio) secured the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and opens play against UMass in the quarterfinals Thursday. A win would secure the team an automatic bid to the national tournament.
Suffer a loss, and an at-large bid for the mid-major team becomes more complicated.
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Fetterman condemns Democrats for refusing to put 'country over party' on Iran strikes
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., accused fellow Democrats of putting party over country in their opposition to President Donald Trump’s strikes against the Iranian regime during an interview Saturday on Fox News.
He broke with members of his own party Wednesday as he defended the operation as necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
"I don't know why we can't just be honest," Fetterman told "Saturday in America."
"The last two professional candidates for the Democratic Party all agreed that we can never allow Iran to acquire nuclear bombs, and that's made that possible now. I think we can say, 'Hey, that's a great thing. That makes the world more safe, more secure and holds Iran accountable.'"
Fetterman's criticism comes after 53 House Democrats voted against a resolution declaring Iran a state sponsor of terror. He argued his colleagues' stance reflects a concerning shift within the party.
"That's almost 25% of Democrats in the House that can't just call Iran the world's biggest terrorism underwriter," Fetterman said.
Fetterman was the lone Senate Democrat to vote against a resolution seeking to limit Trump’s war powers on Wednesday, arguing that longstanding bipartisan beliefs have always opposed Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
"That's where our party's been heading now… I can't imagine why you wouldn't just identify that's what Iran is," he added.
"Virtually every Democrat that I'm aware of says we can never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb, and they were a significant risk to America," Fetterman said.
"I know why they [Democrats] don't say that now, because I'm aware that it is very damaging as a Democrat to just happen to agree with the president on anything, but for me, that's easy — country over party."
Woman heard God say 'return to me' after years living as transgender man
A woman who lived as a man for six years said she returned to her "true identity" after what she described as a powerful encounter with God.
In an essay published Friday in Christianity Today, Kyla Gillespie wrote that she struggled with gender dysphoria beginning in early childhood.
"I can remember, at 3 or 4 years old, being abused by an elderly family member," Gillespie wrote. "Through my mom’s quick response, it never happened again. But my difficulties were not over. I began to feel confused about my gender.’"
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She recalled another moment around the time she started elementary school.
"Once, I was sitting by the ice rink where my hockey team practiced," Gillespie said. "I was no more than 5 years old. My parents had just been informed that I would no longer be allowed to change in the general locker room with the boys. As the only girl on the team, I would need to change in the girls’ washroom. My little mind couldn’t take it in."
Gillespie said her confusion deepened after her parents divorced and both remarried, leading her to split time between households. She described feeling rejected by her stepmother.
"By age 16 or 17, it was becoming evident that I was no longer welcome in my dad’s home with his new wife and children," Gillespie wrote. "My stepmom didn’t want me to be part of their tight-knit unit, and I began to tiptoe around what was once my carefree home. I happily shared a room with my new stepsister, but from one weekend to another my personal belongings began to disappear."
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Gillespie wrote that she poured herself into hockey, eventually joining a professional team, and later struggled with alcohol use, gambling and failed same-sex relationships. She said she eventually enrolled in a Christian recovery center to address her addiction.
"I got sober there, but my battles with same-sex attraction and gender dysphoria continued," Gillespie wrote. "To try to win the war raging inside of me, I decided to transition from female to male. Two years later, after hormone therapy, surgeries, and sweeping lifestyle changes, I could finally pass unnoticed in the world as a man."
Gillespie lived as "Brycen" for six years, but, according to her essay, her perspective began to shift after she met a couple at a church service, Jess and her husband, BJ. Gillespie wrote that months later, Jess offered her a place to stay if she chose to detransition, which she initially declined.
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"One night I was overwhelmed in the darkness, sobbing in bed," Gillespie wrote. "Needing to know God’s mind, I climbed out and crumpled to the floor, crying for relief, for clarity. Not a half-hearted cry like the ones I had made so many times before without being willing to change or surrender, but a deep soul-cry from a place of abandon—a cry for him to rescue me."
"After six years of living as Brycen, I cried out, ‘What do you want from me?’" she continued. "There on my bedroom floor, I heard God speak into my heart so clearly that I will never forget it: ‘Return to me, Kyla.’"
Gillespie is now the founder of Renewed & Transformed, a ministry that focuses on Christian teachings related to faith, sexuality and identity. She is also the author of "TransFormed," a book about her gender confusion and being surgically transitioned from female to male by the age of 31, and journey of detransition.
In the esay, Gillespie wrote that she ultimately accepted Jess and BJ’s offer to stay with them during her detransition. She said that while the struggle is ongoing, she will "never look back."