Kim Shappley (L) swam against the current in conservative Houston to secure equal treatment for her daughter, Kai. (Screen capture via FOX26) The nine-year-old trans daughter of an evangelical mother in Texas – who became the unlikely firebrand for LGBT+ equality – is starring in the new Netflix series reboot of The Baby-Sitters Club. The web-show is an adaptation of Ann M Martin’s series from the
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