Shawn Nicole Thierry (born August 6, 1969) is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...

, representing the 146th District. She won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10, 2017. Thierry was an unsuccessful candidate for the 57th Civil District Court in 2010.

Positions

In April 2023, Thierry voted in favor of HB 900, to ban books from public schools deemed ‘sexually explicit’. The bill was heavily criticized by LGBT advocates for including books containing reference to LGBT topics in its definition of sexually explicit. In May of that year, Thierry broke ranks with her party to vote in favor of a bill to ban gender affirming care for trans minors. She has also voted in favor of bans on trans women from women’s sports.

References

External links

State legislative page

Shawn Thierry at the Texas Tribune
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