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Netflix Celebrates The Baby-Sitters Club's Groundbreaking Trans Storyline
Writer Rose Dommu shared her thoughts about the series' young trans character on Twitter.
Netflix's latest young adult series, The Baby-Sitters Club, includes a heartwarming transgender storyline that is so pure that the streaming platform took to social media to share its impact with the world.
Based on the best-selling children's book series, the show follows middle-schoolers Kristy, Mary-Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and Dawn as they launch their own babysitting business and juggle all the problems that come with it.
Rose Dommu, a writer and transgender woman, took over Netflix's official Twitter account earlier today to talk about the show's fourth episode and why a "depiction of a young trans girl made me cry happy tears," and the accompanying thread is so wholesome.
"Imagine the young trans children who are going to watch this & see a version of themselves who is actualized, supported, and HAPPY," she writes.
Read Dommu's full thread here:
\u201cHi, I\u2019m @rosedommu \u2014 a writer, trans woman, and former baby-sitter (those Evanescence CDs weren\u2019t going to pay for themselves!) who NEEDS to talk about episode four of The Baby-Sitters Club and why its depiction of a young trans girl made me cry happy tears \ud83d\ude2d \ud83d\ude2d \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
\u201cThe most timely and poignant modernization is the child being babysat in Episode 4, titled Mary Anne Saves the Day. The shy Mary Anne is asked for specifically by parents who are family friends. The club isn\u2019t down with this favoritism and Mary Anne is ICED in the cafeteria.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
\u201cReady for an outfit change, Bailey explains that the closet is full of her \u201cold clothes,\u201d while her new clothes are much more sparkly \u2014 taste! Mary Anne understands immediately that Bailey knows who she is & has supportive parents who trust their daughter and want her to be happy\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
\u201cWhen Bailey comes down with a fever, Mary Anne rushes her to the hospital, where two doctors misgender her. Mary Anne firmly corrects them. \n\nMisgendering is traumatic. This is one of the baseline ways cisgender people can show up for the trans people in their life\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
\u201c@Disclosure_Doc In the real world, trans people are in real danger: https://t.co/pYPkYVJWJA\n\nThat\u2019s why it is so important that we listen to and trust trans kids while also building a kinder world for them to grow up in.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
\u201c@Disclosure_Doc So, we have no choice but to stan The Baby-Sitters Club, our unproblematic queens and queer allies. \n\nAnd more importantly: stan Bailey and all the very real children like her who know who they are. THAT is tea.\u201d— Netflix (@Netflix) 1595534186
Season 1 of The Baby-Sitters Club is now streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer below.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
