LesBePure.com was launched in 2008 by Kori Ashton. Kori’s journey is filled with religion, fame and finally freedom – True Freedom!

As a pastor’ daughter Kori Ashton grew up in the church and a very religious environment. She committed her heart to God at four years old and began dreaming of traveling the world singing for Jesus. However, Kori’ feelings of same sex attraction began at this early age as well. She was taught that those feelings were sinful and that she could never admit to them, much less act on them. Homosexuality seemed to be the worst sin possible. Her secret struggle began and it would last for more than 25 years.

Kori attended private Christian school her whole life so at 18 when it was time to go off to college the natural step was to attend Bible college – Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Texas. Within two weeks she had already met her first girlfriend who was another pastor’ daughter. SAGU is adamantly against homosexuality, so again Kori knew better than to be open about her feelings. She fought to keep her sexual desires secret so that she could attend the University and keep up the appearance of a “healthy, normal Christian.” She even dated guys to help camouflage her lesbian relationships. She was “outted” in 1995 and immediately kicked out.

It was inevitable to feel regret and confusion in a situation like this. Kori had been reared to believe a certain way, and everything she had been living for said that she was a hypocrite and a failure. She began to weigh it all out, and decided that the shame of being a lesbian was too overwhelming. Pushing all of her true feelings deep inside, she confessed her “sins”, renounced being gay and was allowed to re-attend SAGU in 1996. Over the next few years Kori would have multiple partners – all secret relationships with fellow, female students. But the fear of being a disappointment and disgrace to her family would soon take its toll.

Wanting to please others — Kori decided once again to suppress her sexual desires and attempt to become the “ideal” Christian, young lady. She left SAGU in 1999 and rekindled her dream of singing around the world for Jesus. Along with a few friends, Kori started a Christian band called “Exit” and began using the title “Ex-Gay” for publicity. Word spread quickly about the band and almost overnight they began working with Exodus International, Exodus Youth, PFOX, Focus on the Family and several other ex-gay affiliates. Kori founded MyTrueFreedom.net — an ex-gay website helping kids and young adults who struggled with same-sex attraction and within two years it had over 180,000 viewers. (Read More)