#shawnthierry — Public Fediverse posts

Shawn Thierry, a former state representative from Houston who switched from the Democratic to Republican party, has been appointed as the executive director for policy and counsel at Texas Southern University.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/02/20/514354/former-state-rep-shawn-thierry-named-executive-director-of-policy-and-counsel-at-tsu/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #ShawnThierry #TexasJuvenileJusticeBoard #TexasSouthernUniversity #TSUBoardOfRegents

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

Houston Democratic state Rep. Shawn Thierry said she plans to leave the party that has "veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss" and begin affiliating as a Republican.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2024/08/30/498286/state-rep-and-houston-democrat-shawn-thierry-announces-switch-to-republican-party/

#News #Politics #Texas #HouseDistrict146 #RepublicanParty #ShawnThierry #TexasPolitics

#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/

#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

#Democrats #censure “#proLGBTQ+” #Texas #rep #ShawnThierry who #voted to #ban #books & #trans #healthcare.

She was one of four #Democrats to support a #ban on #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for #minors

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Texas #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/democrats-censure-pro-lgbtq-texas-rep-who-voted-to-ban-books-trans-healthcare/

Pink News: Texas Democrat ‘censured’ after voting against LGBTQ+ rights – despite campaigning as an ally https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/05/16/shawn-thierry-democrat-lgbt-censured-texas/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #Shawnthierry #LGBTrights #Democrats #Politics #News #US