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Oct. 12th, 2012
Might watch this tonight (if I'm awake)
Oct. 12th, 2012 06:49 pm
9:30pm Friday, October 12 2012
My Transexual Summer, Episode 01
Series Synopsis
One summer, one house, many gender identities. Seven people share their transgender experiences on the path to becoming the men and women they've always wanted to be.Episode Synopsis
Episode 01
Seven people live under one roof to share the experience of changing their gender identities to become the men and women they have always wanted to be.
Max, 25, hopes to become Britain's first transgender rabbi.
Former policeman Karen, 52, is preparing for full gender-affirmation surgery.
Drew, 22, is stuck living at home, desperate to escape the world where people constantly ask, 'Is that a boy or a girl?'
Lewis, 22, is raising money for a double mastectomy and is investigating a phalloplasty (penis construction) - surgeries that he feels will make him fully male.
Fox, 30, has been transitioning for six months and he struggles to overcome his feminine looks.
Donna, 25, is content living between genders but finds it difficult to navigate relationships.
And Sarah, 28, has recently begun to live full-time as a woman and is building up the courage to tell her parents.
Although some housemates derive enormous strength from family and friends, others are cut off and many struggle to find work. The members of this group develop friendships and support each other to overcome some of the challenges of being transgender.
