Kai Shappley, a fourth-grader who recently delivered a powerful testimony to the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee shaming them for attacking her as a transgender girl with pending legislation, has been inundated with death threats after speaking out, her mother has said.
Shappley passionately spoke before Texas lawmakers on 12 April against a bill that would effectively ban gender-affirming care.
She told the committee that she was tired of lawmakers “attacking” her identity and she doesn’t like “spending my free time asking adults to make good choices”.
In her testimony, Kai Shappley told the committee: “Texas legislators have been attacking me since Pre-K. I am in fourth grade now.” Shappley also argued that God “made her” and