The refusal of officials in Texas to accept the fact that some kids are transgender (and what that means to how they should be treated) is raising concerns as the school year rapidly approaches.

Please understand I'm not fighting about bathrooms, I'm fighting about her life, I'm fighting about her well-being, I'm fighting for her happiness, I'm fighting for her future.

I am a mom of a little girl who I want to live. I'm fighting for her happiness. I'm fighting for her freedom.

--Kimberley Shappley

Mrs. Shappley is fighting for her transgender daughter, Kai, to be treated equally as a girl.

Pearland ISD provided the following statement:

Pearland ISD's stance on transgender students remains children whose parents declare them transgender must go to the bathroom for the sex indicated on their birth certificate. Such students have also been allowed to use a private bathroom (such as in the nurse's station) if they are so inclined. All Pearland ISD kindergarten classrooms have a private, gender-neutral bathroom within the classroom for student use.

Last May Pearland ISD Superintendent John Kelley made his views crystal clear:

What's next? Legalizing pedophilia and polygamy?

--Kelly