It pushed the boundaries of typical teen TV earlier this year, revolving around two high school best friends that pretend to be lesbians in order to become popular. Now MTV's quirky rom com series Faking It is continuing to break ground by introducing an intersex character in its second season. Premiering Tuesday night to 1.04 million viewers, the show revealed that regular character Lauren - stepsister of protagonist Amy - has both male and female chromosomes. Played by actress Bailey De Young, Lauren was born genetically male, but her body naturally developed as female, according to CNN. Scroll down for video
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Season one regular Lauren revealed to have been born intersex during the season two opener on Tuesday night
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Intersex people are born with both male and female chromosomes
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Show developer Carter Covington said he wants the series to 'show a different subset'
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Episode was watched by 1.04 million
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