Lauren, played by Bailey De Young, is the show's bitchy antagonist, determined to stay on top of the high-school food chain. Season One ended with a cliffhanger, with Lauren freaking out over rumors about the mysterious pills she was spied popping.

The Season Two premiere on September 23 will reveal that Lauren was born with Androgen Insensitive Syndrome, which means she was born with male chromosomes but developed as a female, and was actually taking hormones.

Faking It showrunner Carter Covington explained how the storyline came about to The Hollywood Reporter:

Part of the overall theme of Faking It is how hard it is to be your authentic self and how important it is to strive to do that. At the beginning of last season, we were discussing in the writers room what that could be and we stumbled on, “What if she were born intersex?” We all had the reaction that the other characters had on show: "What exactly is that?"

We weren’t really sure and started to do some research and connected with Advocates for Informed Choice's Kimberly Zieselman. She's our consultant on the show (AIC is the parent group of advocacy group Inter/Act) and gave us a wonderful education on what it is like to be born intersex. We felt like it was a no-brainer because it really frames who Lauren is and why she has walls up, why she is hyper-feminine and why she is who she is.

It's a story I've never heard told before, and our show is all about showing the diversity of experiences that young people are faced with today.

Covington was expecting a battle with MTV over the issue but says the network  embraced it. "People want to create TV that touches people and that shows a different subset," he explains. "I'm always excited as a writer when there is an experience I can relate to, and MTV wanted programming that touches people and moves people."

For more information about intersex youth, visit Inter/Act.