{"id":5106,"date":"2019-09-25T23:42:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/09\/trans-in-america-texas-strong-featuring-kai-shappley-wins-an-emmy\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T23:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:42:03","slug":"trans-in-america-texas-strong-featuring-kai-shappley-wins-an-emmy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/09\/25\/trans-in-america-texas-strong-featuring-kai-shappley-wins-an-emmy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Trans In America: Texas Strong&#8217; featuring Kai Shappley wins an Emmy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-container non-grid three-wide full-captions\" data-id=\"article-gallery-14467631\" data-title=\"'Trans In America: Texas Strong' featuring Kai Shappley wins an Emmy\" data-gallery-mode=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-wedge\">\n<ul class=\"hst-resgallery non-grid\">\n<li class=\"hst-resgalleryitem \" data-item-id=\"photo-18323211\" data-frame-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap landscape\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"caption \">\n        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Little By Little Films<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallerynav small hidden\">\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n<li class=\"thumb selected\" data-frame-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569455987_264_Trans-In-America-Texas-Strong-featuring-Kai-Shappley-wins-an.jpg\" class=\"icon-thumb\" alt=\"Picture\" title=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"control-panel\">\n\t\t<span id=\"gallerySection\" data-gallery-section=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"control-panel-inner\">\n<div class=\"control-bar\">\n<div class=\"control-bar-left\">\n<p>\n                                                    <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Little By Little Films<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-remote\">\n                                            <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Little By Little Films<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Kai Shappley wins Emmy Award for &amp; # 39; Trans In America: Texas Strong &amp; # 39;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Kai Shappley and her family moved from Pearland to Austin last year to create a warmer environment. But before that, it was the subject of an 18-minute documentary.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>That short &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; <strong>Outstanding short documentary championship<\/strong> News and documentary Emmy Awards. The event took place in New York on Tuesday. Kai and her mother Kimberly Shappley attended the festival.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>LEGENDARY: Montrose Center Honors Houston Transgender Icon Tommie Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; followed the eight-year-old transgirl Kai, exploring life and school in Pearland, banned the use of girls&#39; toilets. Kai was able to use the toilet in the nurse&#39;s office, but the door was locked frequently, resulting in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>In this film directed by Daring K. Daresha Kyi, when other students called her a boy, she asked her mother why she could not sleep.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- wcm-embed --><br \/>\n            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cuIkLNsRtas\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Her mother Kimberly also talks about the transition from conservative Christianity to her. <strong>LGBTQ allies<\/strong>. Kimberly punished Kai for playing with toys and beat her for claiming that she was a girl.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Kimberly said, \u201cA 4-year-old child begged the Lord to kill her.\u201d &quot;I had a 4 year old child to go with Jesus forever than to stay here and live as a boy for a day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>This film from ACLU and Little By Little Films <strong>YouTube<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Kai currently attends schools within the Austin Independent School District, where he explicitly prohibits all kinds of harassment, including gender, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>And the best part is that she can be herself.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Kai said in a documentary, \u201cIt was amazing when my mother started to be a woman. &quot;It was gorgeous.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey Gera<\/strong><em>    He is a music critic at Houston Chronicle and covers popular culture. Follow him <\/em><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joeyguerra\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><em>. Send news tips to joey.guerra@chron.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>preview:<\/strong> Expert recommendations for concerts, children&#39;s items, art, movies, etc. <strong>Deliver to Inbox<\/strong> weekly.<\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl -->    <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/pre>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The short documentary &quot;Trans In America: Texas Strong&quot; featuring Kai Shappley won an outstanding short documentary at the 40th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. 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