My Transsexual Summer

My Transsexual Summer

My Transsexual Summer is a British documentary-style reality series about seven transgender people in different stages of transition. For five weekends in the summer of 2011, they stay together in a large holiday home in Bedfordshire, where they meet and help each other with some of the struggles that transgender people face. Between these weekend retreats, they go back to their lives and real-world challenges.

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Seasons

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2011-11-08

The seven meet in the retreat house, have a photo shoot, share meals, and get to know each other. Donna and Drew give Sarah a makeover. The next night, everyone goes out on the town and celebrates Karen's upcoming surgery.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2011-11-15

Sarah wants to come out to her mum; she pays a visit to Drew's mother to prepare herself. Karen is in hospital recovering from the vaginoplasty operation. When everyone else gathers at the house, they have a video chat with her, and then discuss genital surgery. A trans man visits the house to talk to the group about what it's like to have phalloplasty. At night, the group goes out to a village pub. Lewis, who works at a crafts shop, is overwhelmed by the high cost of gender-confirmation surgeries. Drew, too, must pay for surgeries; but she must find work.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2011-11-22

Sarah has been living as a woman for two months, and her confidence is blossoming. Karen is out of hospital and back at the house. Lewis meets a man who's had chest surgery; Lewis' dad helps to organise a fundraising event. Drew gets a job at a coffeehouse. Fox and Lewis consider packing options.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2011-11-29

The group talk about partners and dating. Donna, Karen, and Sarah go to a transgender event at a nightclub in London. Fox has a night out with cisgender male friends, and is worried about passing. Sarah looks for a place to live in Brighton, but is met with discrimination. Lewis' fundraiser goes well. Donna announces that she's dating a man. Drew, who has been away on holiday, returns for the final weekend of the retreat. The group invite family members to the retreat house; Sarah is pained that hers have severed ties with her.

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

2011-11-08

Episodes

4 (1 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

Drew-Ashlyn Cunningham

Drew-Ashlyn Cunningham

Self

Fox Fisher

Fox Fisher

Self

Karen Gale

Karen Gale

Self

Lewis Hancox

Lewis Hancox

Self

Sarah Savage

Sarah Savage

Self

Donna Whitbread

Donna Whitbread

Self

Maxwell Zachs

Maxwell Zachs

Self

Production Companies

Twenty Twenty Television

Twenty Twenty Television