Sexuality & Transgender.

 As many of us know Waterloo road's most recent episode's have been  

huge episodes for 

Kacey Barry, last week she 

was finally honest about her gender identity issues.

Disguising herself as a boy to take part in a school 

football match, Kacey feels more free and 

comfortable than ever before - which leads her to a 

life-changing decision.

Amid a huge row with her brother Barry (Carl Au), 

Kacey angrily declares that inside she's a boy.

Then the next day in Waterloo road her mother 

Carol makes a desperate attempt for Kacey to be a

girl and not a boy or a 'lezzar' as Barry puts, it by 

dressing her in heels,a skirt and make-up.

For me Carol's reaction was way over the top, if that was me forcing my child into wearing/acting like how I want them too isn't going to help, but only make them be more resistant of how you want them to be. I'd sort it out in my house not bring more of the already public issue into school even more than it  already is. 

Do you think the way her family reacted is how a real life family would deal with the issue?

If your child came home and told you she thinks she's a boy or vice verse, how would you react?

Many of us like to think we'd be accepting of it,but until it happens to you, you don't really know what you would do or if you'd act the complete opposite of the way you said you would act.

For me, myself, I would probably be shocked and upset and in disbelief of what my child tells me. I don't even know what the hell I'd do. 

We're in the 21st Century and sexual freedom is rapidly occurring in our generation and in the next, and more parents will face an issue that Waterloo road explored.

Also how would you and themselves know if it is a phase or if they are serious and are 100% sure about their sexuality and if they're transgender.

Would you support them, take them church, convince yourself it's a phase ?

A lot of the time adults don't take teenagers seriously, but we've all been there/are there and we want to be taken seriously.

At the end of the day if your child trusts you and was brought up and taught sexual freedom and what not they'd tell you. If not,they wouldn't be able to tell you.

The other day I was reading a child's book and was describing what a relationship is and it only consists of a man and a woman.

Transgender is frowned upon and is seen as a taboo,  whilst being gay,lesbian and biseaxual is too but not as much as transgender as people have had years to accept it. Now there's technology and surgery to turn people into male or female.

The question is do you educate your child as; you are a boy, you are  girl. Period.

Do you educate your children to know Boys like Girls, and Girls like Boys. Period. Or do you educate them in sexual freedom and letting them feel how they want to feel?

Some food for thought for you guys, how would you act?

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