@JoYurcaba

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Joined January 2013
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Elizabeth Chuck@echucklesSep 23
If you are a Tricare beneficiary, provider, contractor or employee dealing with denied claims, delayed reimbursements or other issues, @NBCNews would like to hear from you. Please share your experience here. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tri…

We want to hear about your experience with Tricare medical coverage

If you receive healthcare through the military benefits program, or if you are a Tricare employee or contractor, share your story.

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This is disinformation. Kat Lake was not the player removed from a restroom. The incident didn’t happen at the state tournament. And no one who did qualify for the NC women’s state tournament was outraged by trans women’s participation.
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📣 MEN overwhelm WOMEN’s pinball championship: At a North Carolina state title tournament, several men entered the women’s national qualifier became outraged after a male player, Kat Lake (41), was removed from the women’s restroom by a female venue manager. 🧵
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This year’s World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, celebrated a half-century of gay rodeo. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life…

Not their first gay rodeo: Celebrating 50 years of queer cowfolks

Contestants and line dancers traveled from across the country to the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, to celebrate a half-century of gay rodeo.

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Joy Y. Wang@joyywang15 Oct 2025
“I didn’t know a world like gay rodeo existed until I was deep in it, and I’ll be damned if I’m not a part of the continued legacy of carving further space for those whose lives depend on it.” nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-life… via @nbcnews

Not their first gay rodeo: Celebrating 50 years of queer cowfolks

Contestants and line dancers traveled from across the country to the World Gay Rodeo Finals in Reno, Nevada, to celebrate a half-century of gay rodeo.

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Fact-checking Trump’s anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress, including his claim that the government has spent $8 million “making mice transgender.” For @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

Fact-checking Trump's anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress

The president claimed the government has spent $8 million “making mice transgender.”

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NEW: Trans pilot shares 'proof of life' video amid false claims she flew helicopter in D.C. crash For @NBCOUT @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

Trans pilot shares 'proof of life' video amid false claims she flew helicopter in D.C. crash

Several right-wing social media accounts falsely claimed a transgender pilot in the Virginia National Guard was flying the helicopter that collided with a commercial jet Wednesday.

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NEW: Trans service members say they want to fight for their country, not for their jobs “Our service should not be contingent on who holds political power at the time.” For @NBCOUT @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

Trans service members say they want to fight for their country, not for their jobs

Trump’s executive order prohibiting trans people from enlisting and serving in the military could endanger the jobs of thousands of active-duty service members.

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NEW: Trump signs sweeping order to restrict transgender care for minors nationwide For @NBCOUT @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

Trump signs sweeping order to further restrict trans care for minors nationwide

The order says the U.S. will not “fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” transition-related care for minors, which it defines as those under age 19.

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When is a person's sex determined? Trump has no conception, experts say. By @csiemaszko for @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

When is a person's sex determined? Trump has no conception, experts say.

"Nobody is male or female at fertilization," says Dr. Eve Feinberg in response to Trump's executive order that claims a person's sex is decided "at conception."

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No layoffs until contract. Fair contract now.
NewsGuild of New York@nyguild24 Jan 2025
“@NBCNews execs are living in a fantasy where federal law doesn't apply to them and the newsroom just rolls over without a fight. It’s time to wake up.” Read on for more details about layoffs of our @nbcnewsguild members in violation (again) of labor law nyguild.org/post/statement-o…
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Looking to talk to folks who work in passport offices, even anonymously, about the last few weeks, for @NBCNews. If you do or know someone, DMs are open. I can also share my Signal via DM.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major ‘transformation’ For @NBCOUT @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major 'transformation'

The CEO of the nonprofit LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization said it is in the midst of a “perfect storm” that will result in a “difficult but necessary” shakeup.

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NEW: I talked to Rep. @SarahEMcBride about her first two weeks in Congress, including about criticism from some who believe she didn't fight the House bathroom ban hard enough. For @NBCOUT @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/…

Rep. Sarah McBride on picking her battles and not taking the ‘bait’

McBride, the first openly trans member of Congress, spoke about the House bathroom restriction and becoming the first freshman Democrat to introduce a bill this session.

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The Ruby Fruit, one of Los Angeles' two lesbians bars will close due to wildfires Lesbian bars nationwide are raising funds to help support the city’s other lesbian bar, Honey’s at Star Love. @NBCOUT @NBCNews nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news…

One of Los Angeles' two lesbian bars announces it will close due to wildfires

The owners of The Ruby Fruit said the bar will shutter because of the “financial impact” of the fires, while lesbian bars nationwide are raising money to help support Honey’s at Star Love.

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Here's a link to the GoFundMe to support The Ruby Fruit's former staff: gofundme.com/f/support-forme…
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And here's the post that includes CashApp and Zelle info for Honey's at Star Love: instagram.com/p/DEtaRLOtg5W/…
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The BEST news! Fire victim Casey Colvin, whose home burned down in the Palisades Fire, just found and reunited with his dog, Oreo, who spent 5 nights surviving amidst the rubble ❤️ @NBCNews
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Eaton Fire could become the fifth deadliest in California history nbcnews.com/news/us-news/liv… via @NBCNews' @JoYurcaba

Eaton Fire could become the fifth deadliest in California history

The number of deaths being investigated as related to the Eaton Fire in and around Altadena has risen to 16, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office

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Conservatives blame California wildfires on the Delta smelt, DEI and more For @NBCNews: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/con…

Conservatives blame California wildfires on a small fish, DEI and more

President-elect Donald Trump inaccurately blamed water shortages in Los Angeles on policies meant to preserve an endangered fish called the Delta smelt.

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Speaker Mike Johnson maintains House transgender bathroom ban, @JoYurcaba reports. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-poli… via @nbcnews

Speaker Mike Johnson maintains House transgender bathroom ban

The policy will bar transgender people from using single-sex facilities that align with their gender identities in the chamber and halls of the House of Representatives.

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