Coming Out Diaries
Review by: Jack Seale
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/n77hw/coming-out-diariesThree 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?
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Coming Out Diaries follows the conflicts and dilemmas faced by three young people as they navigate their way through telling their family and friends that they are gay or transgender.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01b1xv017-year-old Natalie was born a boy, but now wants to dress and live fully as a girl. Her mum Arlene is reeling from the shock of the news and is finding it very difficult to accept that her 'son' is now her 'daughter'. Arlene will not allow Natalie to dress as a girl at home and still calls her Kieran, Natalie's birth name. Natalie can only wear female clothes away from home so she gets changed in public toilets when she is out in town. The film follows Natalie's battle for acceptance and her mum's attempt to understand.
