As the granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, Megan Phelps-Roper grew up believing that God hates gay people.
From the age of five she participated in almost daily public protests including the infamous picketing of the funerals of U.S. soldiers - whose deaths the church believed were a punishment for America's tolerance of homosexuality.
She was a subject of the Louis Theroux documentary "The Most Hated Family in America".
Megan and her sister, Grace, left the Kansas-based religious group in November 2012.
Megan is now an activist and speaker who lobbies to overcome hatred. She's just released an autobiography Unfollow.
Megan Phelps Roper Photo: supplied / Michelle Wray
