Radio Times

Review by:

Jack Seale

Three young people courageously allow a
difficult part of their lives to be filmed here. A boy who was born a girl, a girl who was born a boy and a lesbian whose every attempt to come out has seen her bullied all try to free themselves.

The trickiest case is Natalie, whose mother epitomises how parents can fail: her concern over telling her young sons that they no longer have a brother called Kieran is fine, but she expresses it fearfully harshly. Can Nat win her round? And can trainee beautician Tori – who previously found even hairdressing students intolerant of her being gay – muster the resolve to risk losing another set of friends?

About this programme

Documentary following the conflicts and dilemmas faced by three teenagers as they reveal to their friends and family that they are gay or transgender. Seventeen-year-old Natalie, who was born a boy, battles for acceptance by her mother, 17-year-old Tori worries how people at beauty college will react when they find out she is a lesbian, and 19-year-old Jamie struggles to decide whether to tell his university friends that he used to be a girl. Part of the Sex Season.

Cast and crew

Crew

Director

Saskia Wilson

Executive Producer

David Emerson

Producer

Saskia Wilson

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