"So Jo. Did you really have body issues?"

Every last one of the others wanted to know. Jo thought it was time to reveal something she did hide.

"Alright," she sighed. "I'm a transgender."

"How did this happen?" Beth asked.

Jo told them, "it started when I was 10. I was born as a boy. My dad loved it."

Enter flashback.

"Though, not everyone loved it. One time, a few classmates caught me playing girl group songs." "What's wrong with that?" Trent asked.

"Spice girls?" classmate #1 asked. "That's the dumbest thing to ever listen to."

That made all of her classmates laugh.

"No fair," Zoey said. "That's the best girl group anyone listened to."

"Thanks," Jo said. "But it didn't stop everyone from laughing at me, so the summer before starting 7th grade, I asked if I could switch to being a girl."

"Did your dad say yes?" Trent asked.

"I asked my brothers first," Jo answered. "Joshua and Jayden Junior were more than delighted. My dad, Jayden Senior, was skeptical."

"I get it," Jayden Junior said. "When I first wanted to come out, dad was just as nervous."

"Was he?" Jo asked.

"Yeah," Jayden Junior answered. "I switched from being a girl to being a guy and found nothing wrong."

Jo told the others that it wasn't the same for her.

"Going into the 8th grade, my dad finally felt okay with me being a girl instead of a guy."

"Were the students you were with at the time okay with it?" Mike asked.

"Some were," Jo answered. "Some were not. On the 1st day of 8th grade, I walked into the guy's bathroom after leaving notes around the building."

The notes mentioned Jo being a transgender. Unfortunately, one of the guys saw Jo.

"Hey!" he said. "Get out of the bathroom."

"Wait a second," Jo told the dude. "Did you not hear about me being a transgender?"

The dude kicked Jo in the stomach a few times before she finally left. It only went downhill from there. In October, during gym class, the same student asked what Jo was doing.

"It's okay," a student named Milly commented. "Both guys and girls can enjoy the gym."

"That was nice of her," Beth said.

"Maybe," Jo replied. "But that just ended up with him beating her up too. The bullying followed me into high school. My high school quickly became aware of me being a transgender, but not all students liked it. As I was in line to get lunch, one of the students cut in front."

"Nice try," he snorted.

"You know better than to do that," Jo said. "Now get back to where you last were."

"Make me!" he commented before beating Jo up.

Many other students just took pictures or shot videos, all of which went to social media. Jo still had some of the comments from the pics and videos saved to this day. Exit flashback.

"That's so messed up," Lindsay commented.

"Why would they treat you so mean like that?" Harold asked.

"Kind of reminds me of how much Duncan bullied Harold," Trent mentioned.

Jo told them that it was just horrible. They wanted to know what she did afterwards.

"I've always loved fitness," Jo commented. "So I went to Planet Fitness to toughen my soul up."

"I've heard of that place," Brick said.

"I sometimes go, myself," Gwen commented.

"Were the people there nice to you?" Beth asked.

"They were," Jo answered. "Except for the locker room."

"They bullied you there too?" Anne Maria asked.

"Not really," Jo answered. "I just had to use the guys' locker room instead of the gals' one.

Enter flashback.

"That was when I saw one of my ex classmates."

"Ooh look," the ex classmate said. "Miss softy trans-y is back."

That individual then laughed. It was at that moment Jo knew enough had to be enough. With that, she punched her in the stomach.

"That's for bullying me about being a transgender," Jo said.

Little did she know that others were watching, but instead of calling her out, they applauded her.

"Thanks," Jo said.

Exit flashback.

"Ever since then, I've been the one to fear, and no one bullied me for being a transgender ever again."

"Wow!" Trent said. "Do you still sometimes have issues with being a transgender?"

"That would explain why I was forced to turn down being on the Olympic track team the first year I signed up," Jo commented.

Everyone else was shocked.

"Turned down!?" Gwen asked.

"That's it," Anne Maria said. "If I ever see anyone turn down others for being transgender, that someone's getting a beatdown."

"Thanks," Jo commented. "But if there's anything Total Drama taught me, it's that you shouldn't bully others back. Glad to be off that show."

"I wonder how everyone else feels," Beth said.

"Well," Courtney started. "Gwen and I came out as bisexual, so we're okay."

"Both guys and girls were swooning over me," Justin commented.

Everyone else agreed with it.

"Were your parents okay?" Scott asked.

"My mom was," Gwen said. "Courtney's mom felt guilty for not accepting it."

"What made your mom change her mind?" Dakota asked.

"She saw a lesbian couple while on a walk and talked about it with my dad," Courtney answered. "He wasn't happy and decided to call it off."

"I remember," Trent said. "Your mom came to your wedding and apologized."

"With so many guys on the show, one of them had to come out eventually," Harold said.

"You think Chris had a change of heart about LGBTQ people?" Beth asked.

"He must have," Brick said. "2 new seasons are coming, and 2 of the contestants are from the LGBTQ community. Let's hope they don't get kicked off too quickly."

The others knew that it was nice to learn even Chris McLean is willing to open up towards LGBTQ People.

"I just feel sorry not all countries will accept that," Gwen said. "I heard that "Times were different back then. People thought it was disgusting and wrong. Unlike those who didn't mind, they never could really understand it. And the worst part was, our grandparents' generation was sometimes raised to see it that way."

"But as the years went by, our grandparents actually began to see it differently," said Trent. "We didn't see same-gender couples as disgusting… The only thing to see was love. And nothing more to that. They accepted them for who they were. And eventually, they made their parents realize the same thing and how wrong they were for even thinking it."

"Did you guys hear about celebrities who came out as lesbians?" Dakota asked.

"There's Ellen DeGenres from Finding Nemo and Finding Dory." said Beth.

"Raven-Symoné from That's So Raven." said Lindsay.

"Kate McKinnon from Bombshell," said Courtney.

"Sarah Paulson from American Horror Story." added Gwen.

"Cherry Jones from Signs," added Trent.

"Sara Gilbert from Roseanne." chimed in Justin.

"Jane Lynch from Wreck-It Ralph." added Cody.

"Wanda Sykes from Over the Hedge." said Harold. "Plus, Alyson Stoner from Phineas and Ferb came out as bisexual."

"So did pop singer Miley Cyrus," Dakota commented. "I loved seeing her as Hannah Montana."

"I just got a text," Dakota said. "Jen from the Ridonculous Race came out as bisexual too!"

"What about Tom?" Sam asked.

"He's a gay dude," Dakota told him. "Just like the show's creator: Tom Mcgillis."

"It's awesome," Cameron said. "Too bad not all countries can see how cool it is."

"That's what it's like in the world." Harold said. "Many countries still can't accept those kinds of people as they still frown upon it just like back then."

"And like racism and slavery, it still exists." Jo sighed. "Some people just refuse to see that it's normal now."

Gwen then added, "and what a wasted opportunity it was to not let me and Courtney come out as bisexual in All Stars."

"Or have Alejandro admit he's into guys more than girls," Courtney added.

"So many opportunities to make All Stars a hit with LGBTQ people, and they threw it all away," Mike commented.

Everyone looked down sadly, especially Jo, Gwen, Courtney and Cody. And then out of nowhere, Anne Maria stood up on the table with a firm expression on his face.

"Well you know what?! Who cares what those people think?!" she shouted. "Their opinions on same-sex couples don't mean squat to any of us!"

"Anne Maria's right!" Cody said in agreement. "It's a normal sight to see!"

"Not just with humans. Animals too!" Dawn nodded. "It's normal for every creature alive!"

"So what if couples involve the same gender or not?" said Zoey. "Love is love!"

"Yeah, they shouldn't judge them for that! They have no right!" nodded Harold.

"They can make fun of those people all they want, but their words don't mean shit!" said Courtney.

"They have no right to begin with!" nodded Sam.

"They're practically like every other person on the planet!" said Cameron.

"This is the new kind of normal!" said Brick.

"And people oughta get used to it!" said Lindsay.

"And if they can't, fine. Who cares?!" added Jo.

"A same-sex couple is no different from an opposite-sex couple!" said Scott.

"The only thing that's the same either way is the love between them!" said Anne Maria.

"And they shouldn't be ashamed of it!" said Beth.

"Aye, those couples should be happy for who they are!" said Lindsay.

"And if anyone judges them for it, then they'll be wrong themselves!" said Dakota.

"Even if certain areas of the world can't accept them, we sure as hell CAN!" said Brick.

"You said it!" said Scott. "There is nothing wrong with them!"

"As long as they're happy, that's all that matters!" said Dawn.

"Aye! We were once led to believe that it was wrong." said Cameron. "But times have changed. And so did we! We actually understand and accept them now."

"We've matured on the subject!" said Harold. "All that matters is seeing them happy!"

"For who they are!" said Cody.

"It isn't disgraceful!" said Courtney.

"It isn't disgusting!" said Justin.

"It isn't despicable!" said Zoey.

"It's love! It's always gonna be love!" nodded Scott.

"They are just like all of us!" said Mike.

"And we love them for it!" said Sam.

"That's right, keep on saying it!" Anne Maria said proudly.

Everyone shouted out their voices of agreement. Jo, Gwen, Courtney and Cody were proud that everyone's standing up for them.

"There may be people out there in the world who can't or won't accept you for who you guys are," said Scott. "But their opinions don't matter."

"Who's opinions do matter are the ones from those who love and support you all the way," said Mike.

"You and Courtney make a great couple," Trent said.

"And Jo," Cameron added. "Your gym has a lot of LGBTQ people. Be happy that transgenders can change the world."

"And Justin, girls, as we told you, we don't care if you are straight, gay, bi, or not." said Trent. "Because we love you for you."

"Thanks," Jo said while trying not to cry.

"We really needed that," Gwen said.

"Your mom and brother will be so proud," Mike said.

"Mine too," Cody replied.

"Now I see why Lightning kept thinking you were a dude," Dawn commented.

"At least he doesn't judge," Anne Maria said.

"He may not be one of the more likable, but I'm glad he supports LGBTQ relationships," Mike said.

"Me too," Jo said. "Looking back on this show is making me realize a lot of bad things I've done really had a bad effect, especially Brick's sacrifice."

"What sacrifice?" Lindsay asked.

Everyone is about to find out.

Next up is episode 7: A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste.