#laurenashleysimmons — Public Fediverse posts

Houston state Rep. Lauren Simmons was elected in November to represent District 146 in the Texas House. She sat down with The Texas Newsroom to lay out the details of her life before running for office.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/14/521291/meet-rep-lauren-simmons-a-mother-and-freshman-lawmaker-from-houstons-third-ward/

#Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #HoustonISDTakeover #JackYatesHighSchool #LaurenAshleySimmons #StateRepLaurenSimmons #TexasLegislature #ThirdWard

Members of Texas’ maternal mortality review committee have been increasingly vocal about the ways state law limits their ability to analyze maternal deaths and near-misses. Now, it’s time to see whether legislators will heed these calls for change.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/11/515796/will-lawmakers-let-texas-maternal-mortality-committee-review-abortion-deaths/

#Abortion #HealthScience #Healthcare #News #Politics #Texas #ArmandoWalle #LaurenAshleySimmons #MaternalMortalityInTexas #TexasAbortionBan #TexasAbortionLaws #TexasLegislature

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed outgoing state Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston politician who recently switched from the Democrat to Republican party, to the state’s juvenile justice board.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/01/14/510805/greg-abbott-appoints-democrat-turned-republican-rep-shawn-thierry-to-texas-juvenile-justice-board/

#Houston #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #LaurenAshleySimmons #ShawnThierry #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasJuvenileJusticeBoard #TransgenderIssues

#Antitrans #Texas #Democrat #loses #primary to #queer #woman.

#LaurenAshleySimmons resoundedly #defeated state Rep. #ShawnThierry

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/05/29/anti-trans-texas-democrat-loses-primary-to-queer-woman/

#LaurenAshleySimmons #declares #victory over #Texas #Rep. #ShawnThierry, who broke with #Democrats on #LGBTQ+ #votes

The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a #test of whether #Democratic #lawmakers who do not fully support #LGBTQ+ #causes can remain in #goodstanding with their own #party’s #voters.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/shawn-thierry-lauren-simmons-texas-house-democrats/

#LaurenAshleySimmons #declares #victory over #Texas #Rep. #ShawnThierry, who broke with #Democrats on #LGBTQ+ #votes

The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a #test of whether #Democratic #lawmakers who do not fully support #LGBTQ+ #causes can remain in #goodstanding with their own #party’s #voters.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/shawn-thierry-lauren-simmons-texas-house-democrats/

#LaurenAshleySimmons #declares #victory over #Texas #Rep. #ShawnThierry, who broke with #Democrats on #LGBTQ+ #votes

The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a #test of whether #Democratic #lawmakers who do not fully support #LGBTQ+ #causes can remain in #goodstanding with their own #party’s #voters.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/shawn-thierry-lauren-simmons-texas-house-democrats/

#LaurenAshleySimmons #declares #victory over #Texas #Rep. #ShawnThierry, who broke with #Democrats on #LGBTQ+ #votes

The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a #test of whether #Democratic #lawmakers who do not fully support #LGBTQ+ #causes can remain in #goodstanding with their own #party’s #voters.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/shawn-thierry-lauren-simmons-texas-house-democrats/

#LaurenAshleySimmons #declares #victory over #Texas #Rep. #ShawnThierry, who broke with #Democrats on #LGBTQ+ #votes

The Simmons-Thierry contest emerged as a #test of whether #Democratic #lawmakers who do not fully support #LGBTQ+ #causes can remain in #goodstanding with their own #party’s #voters.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/23/shawn-thierry-lauren-simmons-texas-house-democrats/

#AntiTrans #Dem loses #primary to #LaurenAshleySimmons, a #queer #woman, in #Texas.

#Incumbent #Houston #Democrat #ShawnThierry was trounced in a #primary #runoff after she became one of few #Democrats nationwide who broke ranks to #vote for a #ban on #genderaffirmingcare for #transgender #youth, following a lengthy, #misinformation-filled #speech.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Politics #Progress #DemocraticParty #Allies #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-dem-loses-primary-to-lauren

Lauren Ashley Simmons, a 36-year-old labor organizer in Houston, has her sights set on the state capitol after unseating state Rep. Shawn Thierry in a lopsided Democratic primary runoff.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/05/29/489043/lauren-ashley-simmons-looking-toward-texas-capitol-after-unseating-state-rep-shawn-thierry-in-lopsided-primary-runoff/

#Election2024 #Elections #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #AntiLgbtqLaws #HISDSuperintendentMikeMiles #LaurenAshleySimmons #LgbtqIssues #ShawnThierry #TexasHouseDistrict146

#AntiTrans #Texas #Dem #ShawnThierry Falls Behind #Primary #Challenger #LaurenAshleySimmons; #Runoff Next.

Challenger LaurenAshleySimmons, is a #black #queer #unionorganizer. She received 49.5% of the primary vote — just shy of the 50% needed to avoid a runoff.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-texas-dem-thierry-falls

State Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston Democrat who broke party lines last year and voted with Republicans in support of bills viewed as attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, likely is headed to a runoff against challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/06/479964/state-rep-shawn-thierry-a-houston-democrat-who-voted-with-republicans-on-anti-lgbtq-bills-headed-to-likely-primary-runoff/

#Election2024 #Elections #Houston #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #Texas #2024PrimaryElection #AntiLgbtqLaws #DemocraticPrimary #LaurenAshleySimmons #ShawnThierry