Teen and transgender dad find their way to US family TV
LOS ANGELES: Carly Lehwald, transitioning to life as a woman, is at ease shopping for lacy bras in new reality television show "Becoming Us," while Ben Lehwald, her teenage son, tags along, squirming in embarrassment.
Carly tells Ben coolly: "Been there, done that, not a big deal."
It may be hard for Ben, but the whole idea of bringing cameras into their homes belongs to this high school senior who felt "lost" when his father switched from "Charlie" to "Carly."
He pitched the show to his family in hopes that putting their lives on TV would help other kids accept transgender parents.
The ABC Family "docuseries" premieres June 8, marking one of the first reality TV shows to broach transgender acceptance to a mainstream U.S. audience.
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