There's a bit of everything.
a male co-worker who decides he wants to go through gender reassignment so has to start dressing as a woman - that's a process you have to go through if you want gender reassignment surgery (that isn't something Kay Mellor just invented) The fact that James' wife didn't want him living at home with her and the kids if he was going to be dressing as a woman is very likely to be the case in real life for many trans-gender.
Same-sex marriages are now legal so it makes total sense that they'd be included in the storyline.
Another storyline is scam marriages and a link to the deaths of some women.
A work colleague who has found some CCTV footage of the Kate and Rick having sex in the store cupboard after a Christmas party uses that footage to try and persuade Kate to withdraw her application for a promotion.
I enjoyed it.
a male co-worker who decides he wants to go through gender reassignment so has to start dressing as a woman - that's a process you have to go through if you want gender reassignment surgery (that isn't something Kay Mellor just invented) The fact that James' wife didn't want him living at home with her and the kids if he was going to be dressing as a woman is very likely to be the case in real life for many trans-gender.
Same-sex marriages are now legal so it makes total sense that they'd be included in the storyline.
Another storyline is scam marriages and a link to the deaths of some women.
A work colleague who has found some CCTV footage of the Kate and Rick having sex in the store cupboard after a Christmas party uses that footage to try and persuade Kate to withdraw her application for a promotion.
I enjoyed it.