He Wanted to Sing Hymns. They Put Him on Hormones Instead. Faith, Betrayal, and Healing: The Testimony of a Detransitioned Son

A Son of God Misled by the World

Miles Yardley was fifteen years old when adults around him began pressuring him to question his identity. Teachers did not guide him. Doctors did not pause. Even clergy in his life offered no real spiritual foundation. Instead, he was rushed into a path of permanent change after only two visits to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He was prescribed hormone therapy and praised by medical professionals as the ideal transgender patient.

“They very quickly put me on hormones without really any discernment. Looking back, if I were a doctor, I would think this is a much larger decision than the kid thinks that it is.”

Miles never said he hated himself. He had not claimed to be born wrong. He was simply a creative, soft-spoken boy who loved singing and music. But the adults in his life did not point him to Christ. They pointed him toward surgery and lifelong medication.

A Gentle Spirit Confused by a Loud and Fallen Culture

Miles was not rebellious or disruptive. He was different in a way the world did not know how to handle. Instead of seeing him as a boy with unique interests and God-given talents, the culture labeled him as someone who needed fixing. And so they began changing his biology before he had a chance to understand what was being taken from him.

“I had not questioned my own identity before other people started asking me questions and putting that on me.”

What he needed was reassurance that Heavenly Father made him with purpose. What he received instead was medical tampering and ideological affirmation from adults who should have known better. What was lacking was any connection to eternal identity or spiritual stewardship.

Physical Consequences and a Life Forever Changed

By the age of twenty-five, Miles was diagnosed with a brain tumor and hypothyroidism. He has serious concerns about whether he will ever be able to have children. He describes himself during those years as mentally unstable, exhausted, and emotionally lost.

“I’m hurting myself. I’m poisoning myself. I’m sterilizing myself. The normal things that bring meaning to normal people’s lives I’m shut off from because I can’t have children in this state.”

As Latter-day Saints, we understand that the body is not a disposable vessel. It is a divine creation. It is sacred. The choices made for Miles did not reflect that belief. They reflected a worldly lie that says the body is irrelevant, identity is fluid, and feelings are the highest truth. We know otherwise.

When the System Walked Away, the Savior Stepped In

After Miles began to detransition, the medical community offered no help. Doctors who had once celebrated his transition offered no answers and no care.

“I’ve asked multiple doctors for advice, and they don’t know what to do. They just say, you should ask someone else.”

But the Lord does not say that. The Lord does not redirect the brokenhearted or push them toward someone else. He draws them near. Miles began turning to the Lord. He returned to church. He began praying. He found comfort not in procedures, but in the promises of God.

“Having spent 10 years in the female role, I don’t really know how to be a man. That’s a scary jump for me.”

It is scary because no one taught him how. But the Lord teaches through the Spirit. He is patient. He restores.

A Call to Every Latter-day Saint

Miles is now suing the hospital that began this process. He is doing what he can to hold accountable those who harmed him. But he is also calling out to the world with a message that aligns closely with gospel truth. Children are being harmed. The systems meant to protect them are failing. It is time for the people of God to speak.

“Hospitals make a lot of money from these procedures. They benefit from having lifelong patients. You need the hormones to maintain the identity.”

He is right. These are not isolated incidents. This is a cultural deception. It is a spiritually dangerous ideology that tells young people they must destroy their bodies in order to be accepted.

Let This Never Happen in Zion

“If you’re a gender-nonconforming kid, you should be allowed to be yourself. And if that person likes singing and dancing and Barbie dolls, who really cares? You can be a boy who likes that.”

This is a message every Latter-day Saint parent, leader, and teacher must take to heart. It is not wrong for a boy to be gentle or artistic. It is not wrong for a girl to be strong or quiet. We are all children of God with different gifts and paths, but with one eternal identity.

Miles was not born broken. He was born into a world that had forgotten who he really was. His story is heartbreaking, but it is not hopeless. Because the Lord can still make beauty from ashes. He can still heal. He can still redeem.

And He is calling all of us to stand and protect His children from those who would tell them otherwise.