11-year-old activist Kai Shappley is leaving due to political attacks.

[TexasTowelie]

An 11-year-old Texas transgender activist and her family are fleeing the state.

Pearland native and Austin resident Kai Shappley, who has been making headlines since 2016 for advocating for herself and other trans children, announced on July 4 that her family was moving because of safety concerns.

“My mom sold our home and everything that doesn’t fit in our car because the state I was born in is not safe for trans kids,” Kai posted in a Tweet. “Anyways… Happy Independence Day to those who get to celebrate that.”

After the Tweet went viral, Kai thanked her supporters and shared a fundraiser for her family’s moving costs. “Thank y’all for your kind words and encouragement. Because so many are asking how to help my family, we started a GoFundMe. We appreciate y’all,” she wrote.

Over $39,000 of the Shappley’s $65,000 goal has been raised so far.

Read more: http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2022/07/texas-trans-girl-and-her-family-flee-the-state/

[sheshe2]

1. Go Kai.

In addition to the discrimination Kai and her mother face, Kai’s brother regularly expresses his fear that he will be taken away by State agents. He is also concerned about the damage that his sister would suffer if she were forced to de-transition.

“When states target trans kids, their parents, and their doctors, there is collateral damage,” Kimberly said. “So I’m looking for a new state where my daughter will be allowed to be a kid, and my youngest son will no longer have to worry about being taken from me or his sister.”


FU, Abbott.

[Deuxcents]

2. That's in the USA.

That is probably the saddest of the demise of what we used to know. Getting shamed n harassed enough to fear for your family. Here in the USA. This is where I don’t want to even think it but we really gotta get to work n register people to vote. I don’t wanna live in a country that treats any citizen with such hate n disregard.

[SunSeeker]

3. So fucking infuriating. Christfacists make life impossible for the most vulnerable of us.

Totally the opposite of what Jesus taught!

[IngridsLittleAngel]

4. How heartbreaking and infuriating...

An 11 year old trans girl just wants to live her life in peace. Her family just wants to be loving and supportive (something many of us envy.) Instead, she and her family have targets on their backs and have had to endure a year of misery because some Nazi thug who should've won a Darwin Award has nothing better to do with his rotten life than to bully and terrorize people like Kai and their families.

An 11 year old girl tweeting things like "The state I was born in is not safe for trans kids." "Happy Independence Day to those who get to celebrate that." How heartbreaking. How infuriating. How disgusting.

You fascist thugs like Abbott think this is America? No. This is more like Nazi Germany. Which is no surprise - none of you hide the fact you all consider that a utopia.

"We're trying to protect children." Like you've protected Kai? You have done nothing but cause her and her family plenty of pain and grief and terror. I know. I know first-hand. You know what? It was fucking bad enough at 18... or 30... or 45... I can't imagine having gone through this at 11. I doubt I would've survived it.

Maybe you and your family remain safe until you move, Kai. I feel for you. I really do. It should never have come to this.

Shame on the Texas Nazi Party. Each and every one of you should face child abuse charges. For Kai. For everyone else you've hurt this year.

You want to protect children, Abbott? Want to make Texas great again? Die. Seriously. Just die already. Go to sleep and never wake up. That way, you don't ever have to be "woke", and we no longer get harmed by you.