Kai Shappley didn’t feel scared when she sat before the Texas Senate committee in April 2021. Wearing a flowing yellow blouse, floral skirt, and cowboy boots, the then-4th grader calmly introduced herself. She told the committee, “I love ballet, math, science, and geology. I spend my free time with my cats, chickens, FaceTiming my friends and dreaming of when I finally get to meet Dolly Parton. I do not like spending my free time asking adults to make good choices.” Shappley urged lawmakers to vote against Senate bills 1311 and 1646, which banned doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment to transgender kids like herself. One of the bills even went as far as to define the treatment as “child abuse.” (Both bills ultimately failed.) She scolded the committee saying, “It makes me sad that some politicians use trans kids like me to get votes from people who hate me just because I exist. God made me. God loves me for who I am. And God does not make mistakes.”
11 Year Old ‘Kid Of The Year’ Takes On Lawmakers In Fight For Trans Rights
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