#Shawn Thierry

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Nathalie Baptiste at HuffPost:

WASHINGTON ― Hundreds of mostly white women gathered at a swanky downtown hotel to hear prominent conservative speakers and strategize with other moms about how to spread their message across the country. Decked out in everything from stylish pantsuits, light-up American-flag jackets and, obviously, Donald Trump swag, the crowd at the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors National Summit cheered and hollered as speaker after speaker spewed hate about transgender people ― all under the guise of protecting children.

[...] At the 2024 summit this week, the focus was on fearmongering about trans kids and criticizing school employees who support them. “There’s no such thing as a transgender child,” Tiffany Justice, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, told HuffPost in an interview. Her position is a common one among conservatives, who have taken to attacking trans rights around the country ― even as less than 1% of the U.S. population identifies as trans. The right wing has attacked gender-affirming care as “child abuse,” though the American Pediatrics Association says such care can be lifesaving by reducing the risk of suicidal ideation.

Seth Dillon, CEO of the conservative satire website Babylon Bee, talked about “gender madness” when he addressed the crowd. Actor Rob Schneider, who had a prime-time speaking slot on Thursday night, claimed that children were getting “mutilated.” Texas state Rep. Shawn Thierry, who lost her primary this spring, announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party in part because of members’ views on transgender youth. Maud Maron, a former New York City community education council member who was removed from her post for sending anti-transgender text messages, claimed men were playing in women’s sports. “I think the federal government pushing child abuse really concerns American parents,” Justice said when asked why there was so much focus on trans issues at the summit. “Cutting off the healthy body parts of children is pretty extreme, right?” she said. “We’re cutting off the healthy body parts of girls.” She was referring to gender-affirming surgeries such as mastectomies, which are very rarely performed on minors.

At a panel on writing laws that protect parental rights, the session was laser-focused on transgender children. The speakers addressed the audience about how, through legislation, they can put a stop to “secret social transitions,” or schools transitioning children without telling their parents.

“We’re getting calls from parents saying this is happening at our school,” claimed Matt Sharp, senior counselor at Alliance Defending Freedom, a right-wing legal group. (It is not uncommon for transgender children to be out at school but not at home if they don’t feel safe telling their parents.)

[...] January Littlejohn, a Florida mom, had a similar story. She said her daughter wanted to transition after some of her friends did. The school held a meeting with the child, Littlejohn said, but refused to tell her the details of the meeting. Littlejohn had a warning to the parents in the room. “Parents of young children and grandparents, you need to be actively inoculating your children against this,” she said, claiming that “the faucet of gender ideology is free flowing” on social media. She also railed against allyship, claiming that children were being “indoctrinated” into being allies. “If you see buzzwords like ‘inclusivity’ and ‘safe and welcoming,’ that means gender ideology is alive and well in that school,” she warned.

At the Moms For Liberty’s Joyful Warriors National Summit this weekend, numerous speakers, including Tiffany Justice, Seth Dillon, and Rob Schneider, uttered out anti-trans statements.

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A Texas state lawmaker who lost in the Democratic primary after supporting anti-transgender bills announced Friday that she is switching to the Republican Party.

State Rep. Shawn Thierry of Houston said in a statement that she is switching parties because the Democratic Party “has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support.”

Thierry was ousted in a primary runoff in May after she sided with Republican-backed bills targeting the transgender community. Thierry voted in favor of a measure banning gender-affirming care for minors and another requiring trans college athletes to play on teams aligned with their sex assigned at birth.

The Texas ACLU called the banning of transgender athletes in sports “unfair, unconstitutional, and just plain cruel,” after Republican Gov. Gregg Abbot signed the bill into law in June.

Thierry’s term will expire before the legislature comes back for its next session in January.

State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer told the Texas Tribune in a statement that Thierry has “chosen to continue to betray the values and priorities of her constituents.”

“If Thierry looks at a party taking away the freedom for women to control their bodies, cutting healthcare for millions, and led by a racist, petty convict and says I want in on that mess, I think that says more about Shawn Thierry than about the Democratic Party,” Martinez Fischer said. “Adios.”

[meandmybigmouth]

(The Center Square) – Another lifelong Democrat has joined the Republican Party in Texas, this time, state Rep. Shawn Thierry of Houston.

She made the announcement on Friday, joining Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin.

“This is not the party I grew up with,” Thierry said of the Democratic Party. “I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery.”

THIS IS THE TYPE OF LYING HYPOCRITICAL BULLSHIT THESE ASSHOLE'S MAKE!. "FOUGHT TO END ATORCITIES OF SLVAVERY? AS PRE TEENS ARE FORCED TO HAVE THEIR RAPISTS BABIES? WOMEN ARE FACING UNECCESARY HORRIFIC MEDICAL ORDEALS? TRANS AND GAY AMERICANS OPPRESSED AND ATTACKED? HOW DARE THESE F***'S OPEN THEIR MOUTHS SPEWING SUCH BULLSHIT!

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Texas Democrat who joined GOP in supporting ban on gender-affirming care for minors loses primary

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   A Texas Democratic lawmaker who broke with her party by supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors was ousted in a primary runoff that galvanized LGBTQ+ groups nationwide who then campaigned for her opponent in the race for the south Houston seat. Rep. Shawn Thierry’s defeat followed four terms in which the Houston…

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Texas health officials have missed a key window to complete the state's first major updated count of pregnancy related deaths in nearly a decade, saying the findings will now be released next summer, most likely after the Legislature's biennial session.

The delay, disclosed earlier this month by the Department of State Health Services, means lawmakers won't likely be able to use the analysis, covering deaths from 2019, until the 2025 legislative cycle. The most recent state-level data available is nine years old.

In a hearing this month with the state’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee, DSHS commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt said the agency wanted to better align its methodology with that of other states, and that there hadn’t been enough staff and money to finish the review for a scheduled Sept. 1 release.

“The information we provide is not easily understood, and not easily and readily comparable to what goes on in other states,” Hellerstedt told the committee. “And the fact it isn’t easily understood or easily comparable in my mind leaves room for a great deal of misunderstanding about what the data really means.”

In a statement, DSHS spokesman Chris Van Deusen said the agency is reviewing its “internal processes” to try to develop more timely data.

“I expect we’ll be having conversations with legislators about what could be done to speed up the lengthy review process,” he said.

The setback comes four months before the start of the legislative session and two months before the midterm election, which has been dominated in part by the state’s new Republican-led abortion ban. Those restrictions have placed more scrutiny on the state’s maternal mortality rate, which is among the 10 highest in the country, according to national estimates that track pregnancy-related complications while pregnant or within a year of giving birth.

“There are a lot of us that want to know whether or not pregnancy in Texas is a death sentence,” said state Rep. Ann Johnson, a Houston Democrat and member of the Texas Women’s Health Caucus. “If we’ve got a higher rate of maternal mortality, we sure want to figure it out. You can’t figure it out if somebody’s sitting on the numbers, and that’s my worry.”

Like in other states, maternal outcomes in Texas are worse for Black women, who have died at about three times the rate of non-black women. This year’s findings were expected to drill further into the causes behind those disparities.

Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston Democrat who has described going through her own dangerous birthing experience, said the data is critical for understanding the role cesarean sections play in maternal deaths and whether implicit bias is playing a factor in the quality of maternal care for Black women.

“There is so much to unpack from the data,” Thierry said, adding that “no woman who chooses life should have to do so in exchange for their own.”

Members of the state’s maternal mortality committee, which compiles the official report, said they were disappointed by the decision to hold the preliminary findings.

“(We) do the work to honor the lives of women who lost their lives, and families that are forever impacted by the loss of a mother,” said Dr. Carla Ortique, the committee chair. “So there’s disappointment on both fronts: that we’re not honoring those women and families, and that we may be negatively impacting efforts to improve maternal health outcomes in our state.”

Ortique said the state has already identified 149 potential maternal deaths in 2019, of which 118 have been analyzed by the committee to see if they were pregnancy-related. Six newly identified deaths may be added to that group, she said. The numbers cover deaths during the pregnancy through one year after giving birth.

The state has published a maternal death report every other year since 2014, often based on preliminary data updated later. For example, the maternal death report in 2018 identified 29 deaths in 2012 that were not included in the previous report. The committee also released updating findings from its most recent report, studying deaths from 2013, at the Sept. 2 meeting.

Out of 175 potential maternal deaths in 2013, 70 have since been determined to be pregnancy-related.

The state has been collecting the updated numbers as part of the requirements of a new CDC grant, awarded to the DSHS in 2019. The balance, according to advocates, is in making sure data is as accurate as possible, but also released quickly enough to be of use to researchers and policymakers.

The reports usually come with wide-ranging recommendations to improve maternal health in the state, including expanding Medicaid to one year postpartum, proactively treating chronic conditions and addressing the disproportionately high number of maternal deaths among Black women.

Texas has extended Medicaid coverage for pregnant women until six months after they give birth or miscarry, but the state has declined to expand coverage to the recommended 12 months.

The unexpected delay has frustrated advocates, who are gearing up to push Republicans in the Senate and the Governor to back the full 12-month extension, as many other states have done.

“State leaders will be able to make better policy decisions for Texas moms if they have more recent data on maternal deaths as well as health challenges like infections or postpartum depression that new moms are facing in Texas,” said Diana Forrester, director of health care policy at Texans Care for Children.

Republican leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for re-election, have celebrated the overturning of federal abortion protections this summer by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Many have committed to boosting resources for pregnant women and new mothers. A spokesman for Abbott did not respond to a request for comment. Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, who supports the 12-month extension, was critical of the delay, saying it “comes at a time when Texas must support moms and families.”

“Our work will start with passing legislation that further extends postpartum health coverage for new Texas mothers to a full year, which our chamber approved overwhelmingly in 2021 and I expect will do so again next year,” Phelan said in a statement.

In addition to providing updated recommendations for lawmakers, the report also helps nonprofits compete for grants that support new or expectant mothers, said Nakeenya Wilson, an Austin-based maternal health advocate and member of the state’s maternal mortality committee.

Her group, the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative, used data from past reports to earn a $1 million grant that provides childcare for new mothers in Central Texas.

“If they don’t have the most up-to-date information, then we run the risk of disenfranchising some of the most vulnerable in our state,” she said.

Johnson said the delay was “unacceptable” given the high rate of maternal mortalities.

“It is a crisis that we claim on bipartisan grounds to want to investigate,” Johnson said. “And yet here we are told at the last minute on the date that the report was supposed to be due, ‘Sorry, we couldn’t get around to it.’”

[lindyloosims]

“Elena are you having second thoughts?”

“No I...I just need to clear some things up before I...I’m not going to survive this Shawn!”

“Don’t say that!” The panic I felt was apparent in my voice, I couldn’t bear to think of her leaving me, it was so ironic!

“You need to know the truth...about Grayson, about Hallie...you deserve the truth!”

“And what is the truth?”

“That this was planned a long time ago. That Grayson Chambers saw two children standing outside his mansion one day twelve years ago, talking about him, and the little girl...” I felt sick, what she was about to tell me made me feel absolutely sick to my stomach, “...had the essence of his deceased wife, Genevieve! He had been searching for her for centuries ever since she died!”

“You see reincarnation isn’t a myth, it is very real and when we die we are reborn, it might not be immediately, or in the same time period, but it happens. Grayson isn’t wrong to call Hallie Genevieve...because technically she is...or was five hundred years ago!”

“I don’t understand, she’s Hallie, my Hallie!”

“In this lifetime, yes, but humans cannot remember their past lives. Only when she was a vampire did she begin to understand that she was somehow Grayson’s wife, that she was his property if you will. Did you ever wonder why she always argued that she was married to him without there being an actual wedding or exchange of vows?”

“I just thought she was scared of him...”

“Well she is, but she also remembered when she was Genevieve and she remembered her son, Thierry, he was five when her husband tore him apart. Grayson had promised that he would find a child and turn them, so that they could be a family again, it was a horrible situation but Hallie was trapped, you had gone, there was no hope. Genevieve Chambon never really loved her husband, but she was devoted to her child! Then you came back, you didn’t give up looking for her when you realised she was still alive, she saw a way out, a way to finally be with you. When you filled her head with cures and having a child, that was when the spell was broken. Hallie realised that if she took the cure, she could have the man she wanted and the baby she wanted too without harming an innocent!”

“Elena, are you saying that if we hadn’t gone to the mansion that day...that none of this would ever have happened?” She didn’t answer me straight away, but by the look on her face, I knew what she was going to say.

“Yes, the witch...she has been held captive for one purpose, to find Genevieve's soul, her essence and to help Grayson eliminate any threats against his mission! Esmerelda alerted him of your presence that day...and Hallie was in his sights from that moment on! He just waited for his chance...when she was alone and very down...he swooped in and claimed her...and there was no one to stop him!”

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Jasper Scherer at Texas Tribune:

State Rep. Shawn Thierry, a Houston Democrat who was defeated in her primary earlier this year, announced Friday she is switching to the Republican Party.

Thierry was ousted by primary challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons in the May runoff after she sided with Republicans last year on a handful of bills opposed by the LGBTQ+ community, including a measure barring gender-transitioning care for minors. She delivered an emotional speech from the House floor explaining why she broke with her party, remarks that went viral. In a statement, Thierry said she switched parties because the Democratic Party “has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience, support.” “I am leaving the left because the left has abandoned Democrats who feel betrayed by a party that has lost its way, lost its commitment to hard working families,” Thierry said. Thierry was announced earlier this month as the director of political strategy for the U.S. wing of Genspect, an international anti-trans policy group. Founded in 2021 by an Irish psychotherapist, the group is part of a broader network of organizations that oppose gender-transitioning care for minors, and its members have testified in favor of bills across the world that would ban or limit the practice.

The partisan balance in the lower chamber now stands at 87 Republicans and 63 Democrats. Thierry’s term will expire before the Legislature reconvenes in Austin for its next regular session in January, however, and Simmons is heavily favored to win the solidly Democratic seat in November. A number of prominent Houston Democrats lined up behind Simmons for her primary challenge, including some of Thierry’s current and former colleagues in the Texas House — an unusually public show of repudiation from an incumbent’s own party. Thierry countered with her own slate of endorsements from Black church leaders and a handful of Democratic lawmakers. Thierry also broke ranks from her party to support a GOP bill aimed at removing sexually explicit books from school libraries, a designation critics feared would be used to target LGBTQ+ literature. She also voted for a bill requiring transgender college athletes to play on teams that align with their sex assigned at birth.

[...] Aside from her break on LGBTQ+ issues, however, Thierry has consistently sided with the Democratic Party on high-profile issues during her four terms in office. She voted against Texas Republicans' boundary-testing immigration measure last year, Senate Bill 4, that lets any law enforcement officer arrest someone suspected of illegally crossing the border. She has also opposed GOP legislation banning abortion and enacting a private school voucher system, and in 2021 she joined other House Democrats who fled the state in a bid to block a Republican bill overhauling the state's elections.

Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry, who lost in the Democratic primary runoff to Lauren Ashley Simmons, has formally flipped to Republican from Democratic. Thierry took a job at anti-trans organization Genspect to serve as its director of political strategy.

Thierry got in hot water for voting in favor of bills banning gender-affirming care for trans minors, trans sports participation matching their gender identity instead of the gender assigned at birth, and a book ban bill aimed at LGBTQ+ content.

On other issues, however, she voted with the majority of Democrats.

See Also:

Dallas Voice: Anti-LGBTQ state Rep. Shawn Thierry leaves Democratic Party

HuffPost: Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry Switches To GOP After Losing Democratic Primary

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Octobre MMXXI

Films

007 Spectre (Spectre) (2015) de Sam Mendes avec Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci et Ralph Fiennes

Un condé (1970) de Yves Boisset avec Michel Bouquet, Françoise Fabian, Michel Constantin, Henri Garcin, Bernard Fresson et Rufus

Everything or Nothing : l'histoire secrète de James Bond (2012) de Stevan Riley avec Ken Adam, Maud Adams, Albert R. Broccoli, Barbara Broccoli, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig et Timothy Dalton

Mourir peut attendre (No Time to Die) (2021) de Cary Joji Fukunaga avec Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch et Ana de Armas

Tuer n'est pas jouer (The Living Daylights) (1987) de John Glen avec Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker et Art Malik

Ne nous fâchons pas (1966) de Georges Lautner avec Lino Ventura, Jean Lefebvre, Mireille Darc et Michel Constantin

C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule... (1975) de Jacques Besnard avec Bernard Blier, Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault, Tsilla Chelton et Marion Game

Le Mystère Henri Pick (2019) de Rémi Bezançon avec Fabrice Luchini, Camille Cottin, Alice Isaaz, Bastien Bouillon et Vincent Winterhalter

La situation est grave mais... pas désespérée ! (1976) de Jacques Besnard avec Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault, Maria Pacôme, Daniel Prévost et Cécile Vassort

Les Barbouzes (1954) de Georges Lautner avec Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche et Mireille Darc

Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973) de Gérard Oury avec Louis de Funès, Claude Giraud, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Renzo Montagnani et Henri Guybet

Séries

Kaamelott Livre IV

L'ascension du lion - Les émancipés - La révoquée - La baliste II - Les bonnes - Les refoulés - Les tuteurs II - Le grand départ - La clandestine - L'auberge rouge - Les envahisseurs - Les curieux première partie - Les curieux deuxième partie - Les tacticiens première partie - Les tacticiens deuxième partie - La réponse - Anges et Démons - La rémanence - La potion de vivacité II - Vox populi III - La sonde - La relève - Le jeu du Pélican - La permission - Le dragon gris - Le discours - Le paladin - Le choix de Gauvain - La dame et le lac - Beaucoup de bruit pour rien - Le Oud II - La face-à-face première partie - Le face-à-face deuxième partie - Les endettés

Le Coffre à Catch

#45 : Santino Marella est arrivé !! - #46 : CM Punk est un sacré filou ! - #47 : Vince McMahon CHAMPION DU MONDE DU CATCH !!! - #48 : Vince, Shane et UUUUUUMAGA dominent le monde !

Dark Side of the Ring Saison 1, 2, 3

The Fabulous Moolah - Benoit Première partie - Benoit Deuxième partie - Le meurtre de Bruiser Brody - Les Road Warriors - Le vol vers l'enfer

Psych Saison 6

Immunité problématique - Very Bad nuit - Carrément mordus ! - Super héros - Tous au stade - Shawn au-dessus d'un nid de coucou - Mon père cet escroc - Complètement babas

The Crown Saison 3

Poussière de Lune - Un homme en suspens - Imbroglio - Un cri du cœur

Columbo Saison 8

Ombres et lumières

Doctor Who Series 12

Le Contrat des Judoons - Orphan 55 - La Nuit de terreur de Nikola Tesla - Praxeus - Vous m'entendez ? - Apparitions à la villa Diodati - L'Ascension des Cybermen - Les enfants intemporels - Revolution of the Daleks

The Grand Tour Saison 1, 3

Opéra, art et donuts - Eco-conduite - Grand Tour vers le futur - Spécial Colombie : Première partie - Spécial Colombie : Deuxième Partie

Top Gear Saison 12, 14, 20, 21, 16, 10

1200 km en un plein - Du grand art - Ils ont roulé sur l'eau! - Destination Thaïlande - Un pont sur la rivière Kwaï - Surfin' USA - La traversée de la Manche

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir Saison 5

Meurtres à épisodes - La Dynamo vivante

Nestor Burma Saison 5

Drôle d'épreuve pour Nestor Burma

Spectacles

Espèces menacées (2021) de Ray Cooney avec Laurent Ournac, Arnaud Gidoin, Thierry Heckendorn, Yannik Mazzilli, Gaëlle Gauthier, Zoé Bruneau, Sébastien Pierre et Serge Da Silva

Supertramp Live in Paris '79

Les Dégourdis de la 11ème (1986) de André Mouëzy-Éon et Georges Daveillans avec Robert Hirsch, Darry Cowl, Pierre Tornade, Marcel Philippot, Jean-Marie Juan, François Morel, Frédéric Saurel, Annick Alane et Virginie Pradal

La Taupe (1987) de Robert Lamoureux avec Robert Lamoureux, Pierre Maguelon, Patrick Abrial, Magali de Vendeuil, Marie Saint-Laurent et Francis Deschamps

Le Tombeur (1986) de Robert Lamoureux avec Michel Leeb, Guy Lecluyse, Julia Duchaussoy, Pascale Louange, Chick Ortega, Camille Solal, Coralie Audret, Laurence Porteil et Xavier Goulard

Livres

Lucky Luke Tome 53 : Le Daily Star de Jean Léturgie, Xavier Fauche et Morris

Une vraie panthère de Jean Bruce

Bonjour tristesse de Françoise Sagan

Astérix Tome 39 : Astérix et le Griffon de Jean-Yves Ferri et Didier Conrad

L'Île mystérieuse de Jules Verne

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Black Girl Magic: SDEC Committeewoman/Precinct Chair-Toni Middleton Lewis(my auntie) HISD Government Relations - Ashlea Turner, State Representative Shawn Thierry, Precinct Chair-Madam Patricia Frazier(my 2nd mommy); and me. I love all the #blackwomanmagic in this photo!! (at Emancipation Community Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo6neikF_Uz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9avbe5dwns1w

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by Dr. Sheila Pope

It finally happened. The first episode of my television show, “Conversations with Dr. Pope” finally aired on Houston Media Source Television. I filmed the footage at Worthing High School on August 18, 2018 during their Second Annual Southside Takeover Parade. I was lucky enough to work on creating and helping to organize the very first parade with Peoples United Summit. 

I was also a former English teacher at Worthing High School. I put in so much time at Worthing High School those three years, I would shut the building down. Literally, I left when the janitors left. I got to know the community well because I attended games and everything else they had at the school. I was immersed. I was determined to have my students show improvement on the English II exam. They did! We had the highest growth rate out of all of the areas tested on STAAR that year. However, that was not enough to move the school from the Improvement Required list.

Filming My First Production

Worthing had been on the Improvement Required list for six consecutive years. TEA was threatening to shut them down and the HISD School District down due to low performance on STAAR.  However, in August of 2018, Worthing students turned it around. They performed well enough to move from the IR list to Met Standards.

  I wanted to celebrate their success and talk to the people who serve Worthing High School. I was so blessed to have 10 people share their time with me on that extremely hot day. Some of the people who stopped and had a conversation with me were local officials: Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Wanda Adams, HISD Board of Trustee, Judson Robinson II, President & CEO of Houston Area Urban League, and State Representative Shawn Thierry. Mr. Allen Provost, Treasurer of Peoples United Summit and administrator at Worthing and Bryan Tigner, Math Instructor and Kappa League Sponsor at Worthing also took time out from their duties to have a conversation with me. I honored to interview three of my former students too.

Making the transition from educator to community leader was awesome. Making the transition to television producer was scary. Yet it felt so natural. I am glad my first production was created at Worthing High School! I love the students and the staff. I felt at home. It was familiar. I could make mistakes and laugh at myself and my guests were nice to me. I was so busy, I forgot to get photos with my guests. Luckily David Janise took a picture of me interviewing State Representative Shawn Thierry. It is the only photo I have of me filming! My hair was not camera ready, but I did not let it stop me. I wore my hat my mother gave me and move forward with my plan. The parade would not wait for me and it only happens once a year. As a producer, I realized I had to seize the moment.

Filming took two hours, checking out equipment two hours (drive and planning), and editing took days.  I worked on editing in my home office, at McDonald’s, and other places. My video had too much light throughout the video. I had to work some magic during the editing process.  Then, uploading all of the data took time. I had to add tags, titles, and purchase license for music. I made sure I had my guest sign media release consents. I worked so hard to make sure my work reflected me and made my guests look their best.

Editing in McDonalds

Waiting on iMovie to Render Product

After all of the effort, I was able to have my first show air on Houston Media Source. It was great to see my show’s name on the schedule. It was awesome to watch it on television. I was fantastic to read my program schedule. I am so glad I became a producer. Thanks to Houston Media Source, Mayor Sandra Massie Hines and Allen Provost my dreams are now a reality. I will continue to get better and grow!

Conversations with Dr. Pope Air Dates & Times for http://www.hmstv.org

After all of my hard work in August 2018, my showed premiered on September 11, 2018! The dream was real. I waited until the show aired two times before I uploaded it to YouTube. I swear it two days to upload it to YouTube. Here it is Link to watch it!

      Watch the first episode of Conversations with Dr. Pope on Houston Media Television or here! by Dr. Sheila Pope It finally happened. The first episode of my television show, "Conversations with Dr.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jasper Scherer at Texas Tribune:

State Rep. Shawn Thierry was defeated Tuesday by primary challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons, denying the Houston Democrat a fifth term after she sided with Republicans last year on a handful of bills opposed by the LGBTQ+ community.

Simmons declared victory with a double-digit lead over Thierry. The contest was decided by Tuesday’s runoff after Simmons narrowly missed defeating Thierry outright in the March primary. "We did it, y'all," Simmons said in a speech at her election night watch party, where she declared victory and told supporters she "wanted to be a clear example of what you can do when you have the power of the people behind you." Thierry, a 54-year-old Houston attorney, had been in her own party’s crosshairs since last spring, when she voted for a measure barring gender-transitioning care for minors, and then delivered an emotional speech from the House floor explaining why she broke with her party. Thierry’s vote, and her viral remarks, prompted a spirited and well-funded challenge from Simmons, a 36-year-old labor organizer. A number of prominent Houston Democrats lined up behind Simmons, including some of Thierry’s current and former colleagues in the Texas House — an unusually public show of repudiation from an incumbent’s own party. Thierry countered with her own slate of endorsements from Black church leaders and six of her Democratic colleagues.

Crockett said she decided to weigh in on the race after the Houston Chronicle editorial board quoted Thierry appearing to dismiss Simmons’ Texas House supporters as “the gay ones.” Thierry also broke ranks from her party to support a GOP bill aimed at removing sexually explicit books from school libraries, a designation critics feared would be used to target LGBTQ+ literature. She also voted for a bill requiring transgender college athletes to play on teams that align with their sex assigned at birth. Fanning the flames further, Thierry was quoted by the Houston Chronicle editorial board earlier this year appearing to dismiss Simmons’ Texas House supporters as “the gay ones.” Thierry said the quote was “taken completely out of context from a larger discussion,” but in any case, Simmons’ campaign told the Chronicle that they received a major surge in fundraising after Thierry’s remarks were published.

Anti-LGBTQ+ sellout “Democrat” Shawn Thierry lost to LGBTQ+ challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons in the TX-HD146 Democratic Primary runoff. #TXPrimary #TXLege