[1] A reformed prostitute and drug addict, Laclé caused considerable controversy in 2007 when she suggested that gay men should be sexually abstinent and leave mainstream LGBT culture.
When 16, she left home and began to work as a dancer, first at the theatre, later in an Amsterdam nightclub.
She immediately believed she had received supernatural strength and that she was now in a position to fight her problem.
By 2007, Laclé had married, and had begun assisting drug addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes, encouraging them to start a new life through the Op de Rots foundation, of which she is director.
[3] Laclé was initially a member of the ChristianUnion party where she caused considerable controversy in October 2007 by preparing a motion (later withdrawn) encouraging homosexuals to abandon their lifestyle and return to Christian principles.