Hartford, Connecticut (PressExposure) December 07, 2010 -- K.C. is rushed to the hospital when she was thirteen with extreme abdominal pain. She learned after emergency surgery that she had been getting her period for almost a year but because she was born without a vagina, she never knew it. Following her McIndoe surgery, her doctor orders dilators and she begins the painful process of physical therapy. Her inability to deal with the emotional issues at age thirteen leads to her drug and alcohol use which just makes the situation worse. After being told she cannot have children, she becomes promiscuous and delves into BDSM, pornography and risky sex.
Then at aged twenty-two, miraculously she discovers she is pregnant and decides she needs to change. Buy a copy of Bad Girl Gone Mom to see how K.C. deals with her demons and finally, exposes her secrets.
Teenagers and young adults need to know that it does get better and suicide is not the answer. In India, they recognize three genders, using the term Eunuch, as a catch all for those people that are in between. The US military continues to promote discrimination with their Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, forcing people to lie about who and what they are. This sets the stage for adolescent bullying and employer discrimination.
Lauer hopes that the US will become more educated about gender socialization issues after reading her book.