Tag Archives: Kimberly Shappley

Senate passes anti-transgender athletics bill

It’s gross, and it unfortunately may not be the only such bill they pass this session. Transgender students would be banned from competing on school sports teams based on their gender identity under a bill that passed the Texas Senate … Continue reading

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

NCAA warns Texas about anti-transgender bills

It’s not just the voter suppression bills that will do great harm to the state of Texas and its people if the Republicans ram them through. Amid all the talk of boycotts and corporate criticism of election bills going through … Continue reading

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

The kindergarten face of SB6

Meet the Shappley family of Pearland. Kimberly Shappley’s former self is about as by-the-book right-wing as you can get: a Southern Baptist-identified evangelical, a Republican stalwart, an “ultraconservative” Tea Partier. When she heard of other parents with transgender kids, she … Continue reading

Posted in That's our Lege, The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments