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Then in June 2006, she experienced a personal transformation when she was challenged by local Pastor Vanessia Livingston of Miracle Deliverance Church. That day changed everything for Charlene Cothran, as she finally asked Jesus Christ to come into her heart and forgive her.  

Then in June 2006, she experienced a personal transformation when she was challenged by local Pastor Vanessia Livingston of Miracle Deliverance Church. That day changed everything for Charlene Cothran, as she finally asked Jesus Christ to come into her heart and forgive her.  

==Ways to Get Out of the Gay Life==

==Ways to Get Out of the Gay Life==

She immediately wanted to share this news with her gay and lesbian followers and wrote a front page article in her magazine called, ''"Redeemed! Ten Ways to Get Out of the Gay Life, if You Want Out."'' Renouncing her homosexuality led her to change the format of her magazine in order to spread the Gospel to the gay community. Most of the response from the gay and lesbian community has been however fierce and negative, although she perceives many of them to be just as conflicted as she was. But there has been positive feedback as well from people who say they struggle with homosexuality and want out. Cothran is  living a celibate life now and declares to have no more urges for anyone—man or woman. She is still on the frontlines of the gay rights battle, only now she sees it as a spiritual fight to lead others to the freedom she's found.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Lesbian's Deliverance |author=Charlene Aaron |publisher=CBN News |date=26 December 2007 |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2007/december/a-lesbians-deliverance/?mobile=false |quote=After 29 years as a gay activist, former lesbian magazine publisher Charlene Cothran stunned the homosexual community when she announced she had become a Christian. She has renounced her homosexuality, and changed the format of her magazine to spread the Gospel to the gay community. As a gay rights activist, Cothran was never afraid to fight for what she believed in. For 30 years, she was as vocal and in your face as they come. |accessdate= 17 April 2016}}</ref>

She immediately wanted to share this news with her gay and lesbian followers and wrote a front-page article in her magazine called, ''"Redeemed! Ten Ways to Get Out of the Gay Life, if You Want Out."'' Renouncing her homosexuality led her to change the format of her magazine in order to spread the Gospel to the gay community. Most of the response from the gay and lesbian community has been however fierce and negative, although she perceives many of them to be just as conflicted as she was. But there has been positive feedback as well from people who say they struggle with homosexuality and want out. Cothran is  living a celibate life now and declares to have no more urges for anyone—man or woman. She is still on the frontlines of the gay rights battle, only now she sees it as a spiritual fight to lead others to the freedom she's found.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Lesbian's Deliverance |author=Charlene Aaron |publisher=CBN News |date=26 December 2007 |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2007/december/a-lesbians-deliverance/?mobile=false |quote=After 29 years as a gay activist, former lesbian magazine publisher Charlene Cothran stunned the homosexual community when she announced she had become a Christian. She has renounced her homosexuality, and changed the format of her magazine to spread the Gospel to the gay community. As a gay rights activist, Cothran was never afraid to fight for what she believed in. For 30 years, she was as vocal and in your face as they come. |accessdate= 17 April 2016}}</ref>

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