Cosign, she's 16 and already has had sex with 5 people.  I'd be upset if my 16 yo had sex with 1 person, but 5?  I'd be more worried about that then her sexuality.

^Of course they are, they always have (though to a lesser degree). Kids also smoke weed, sigs, and pop pills, steal, mess up in school..etc, that doesn't mean you should condone it.  Now and days the answer to everything seems to be "at least they're open about it...or doing it at home".

This programme has been on for ages in the UK, on a channel called BBC3, and it gets worse that this. It is on really late though!

One great episode saw a daughter, a mother and a grandmother, all in a caravan with a bottle of wine talking about Nanna's oral sex experiences, gold BUT really not necessary!

I think that if people want to do this on national TV leave them to it, I know I won’t be dusting off the old barbies to take home to Mum!

I'm glad that my parents accepted me because I'd say "thanks, but no thanks, to that sex talk." The doll re-enactment would be mortifying. I don't care what my parents do and they shouldn't know what I do.

acceptance/coming out or whatever cannot be sucessfully squeezed into 30 minutes or less. that kind of thing takes time

and she sure is a frisky little thing...16 and 5 sexual partners...well damn. she doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to getting some. wait...haha

"if something's destined, its gon happen. you mind as well give in and stop playing with love."

I thought the dolls thing was pretty cool, although it was obviously akward.

Often, though, I have found that dealing with akward situations head makes relationships more real, and leads to a better understanding later.

My mom and I have never talked about sex, because she can't handle it. My best friend's mom is much more open and would talk to my friend and I honestly and directly about sex... no matter what we were trying to understand. In some ways, I feel closer to her than my own mother. I wish I could have that talk with my mom... and maybe someday I will. I think it would help me respect her as a human... and help her respect me as an adult and a lesbian.

I had a totally cool "teacher/counselor" woman in my life that first talked to me about sex...well oral sex... don't worry! I asked...

What kind of comment is that for a so-called sex expert to make to a young girl coming out to her parents?  It makes it sound like she can always change her mind so don't be too quick to make a snap judgment.  Ugh!

BTW, Sarah, when I read "Baylee is a 16-year-old lesbian ("I've dated seven women and had sex with five")" in your synopsys, my immediate thought was that would be considered statutory rape.   However, what she said was "I've dated seven girls and had sex with five" - big difference for a 16 year old.

did you all notice her long fake nails?

cant imagine getting laid that much with daggers like that!

haha :)

i've seen a couple other episodes of this show, and the dolls were way less disturbing than some of the other things dr drew has had people do, in my opinion. (one episode he had a gay guy and his mom shape thier ideal penis out of clay. ew.)

as far as her being young, i have a bunch of friends who had slept with 4-5 people by the time they were 17, and i don't really think 16 is that young as long as you're careful. i know people who were having sex at 14 (which i do think is too young, btw), and i lost my virginity literally the day after my 17th birthday. the thing about baylee having slept with 5 girls at 16 doesn't bother me because she's young; i'm more surprised that she's managed to find so many openly gay or bi girls at such a young age. i was the only out gay/bi person in my high school (actually there was a girl who graduated 2 years before me, but i didn't know her), and i had 2 bi female friends, one who was in college, the other lived a few towns away. so i was more amazed at the options baylee has, rather than by her age.

ok, having open communication is one thing, sharing what you do in the bedroom with your mother and vice versa is another!  i'm sorry, i would never want to know my parents "favorite oral sex position", *shudder*  yeaah...

but more importantly, it was really sad that a 16 year old girl had 5 sexual partners was a total non-issue!

I really think shows like this are important, but they need more of an educational component for the public...with all the misconceptions and erroneous beliefs about gay people out there, dissimintating information from professionals about how being gay isn't a choice, can't be changed and efforts to do so are harmful would go a long way in moving parents (and society in general) toward acceptance. 

"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." - Anne Lamott

Although open communication is a good thing, I don't know if going that far with your parents is what people would do in every day life.  I believe that yes parents should be aware if their teenagers are sexually active, but I wouldn't want to hear about "mom's" best sexual experiences with "dad"  That's just way too much.  And why so much talk about sex?  That's not all that gay relationships are about.  They spent little time talking about feelings of caring or love.   But I guess that's why the show is titled as it is.  My bad. 

Overall, I doubt this really helped her parents accept her lifestyle.  I mean Dr. Drew barely brought out the father's reasoning behind how he feels at all.  They could have had the host of TRL or something hand out ice breaker cards.  Geez.  (smile).  

with her age and her sleeping with people?

i suppose its different for us because here in the UK thats the legal age for sex and when we get newspaper stories of 11 year olds pregnant, sixteen seems like a good achievement more than anything.

Good luck to her!

not uncommon where i'm from. Speaking as a fellow Texan (like Baylee) there's not a helluva lot you can do here, it get's boring real quick. Most girls lose their v-card by the time they're 13. Then again, maybe i just went to school with slutty girls (and thankful for it!).