Faking It fans won’t have to wait long to discover the truth behind one of the first season’s big cliffhangers as the MTV series reveals why Lauren has been popping pills in the upcoming season 2 premiere.
However, because the premiere was screened Friday night at the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews, moderated by this reporter, EW has the scoop early. Want to know what the pills are for? Keep reading.
We’ll learn in the season 2 premiere that Lauren has been taking hormone pills because she’s Intersex. Affecting one in every 2,000 people, the condition means a person is born with both male and female chromosomes, though typically develop as a female. Lauren, in particular, was born with AIS (Androgen Insensitive Syndrome), one of the 30 different Intersex conditions.
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Wow! That means Faking It!!!!! Game changer.
ReplyDeleteLove that twist, it'll be interesting to see how they take on this storyline.
Well that's unexpected. Interesting twist.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing the season 2 promo I predicted transgender but intersex is interesting because it has not been depicted/represented on TV at least in the US.
ReplyDeleteSorry for nitpicking, but it has been depicted on at least one recent crime show, though the character was one episode only, so it definitely didn't go mainstream until now.
ReplyDeleteWow.
ReplyDeleteNow that's something you don't see every day in TV.
And the Lauren' character no less?
Brilliant!!
I kept wondering why everyone was speculating that Lauren was transgender? Why cuz she was taking pills? I'm kinda of glad that it was not transgender cuz that would have been a bit over the
ReplyDeletetop. I mean a 15 year old tranny? Now a 25 year old tranny sure I just think a sex change at
15 years old is way to soon.