Jo Yurcaba

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Jo Yurcaba

Denver parents Brandon and Candace are spending tens of thousands of dollars to move to New Zealand in July. The reason, they said, is to protect their 9-year-old transgender daughter, Chase, from the effects of the Trump administration’s policies and an increasingly hostile climate for trans people in the United States.

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Jo Yurcaba

May 26, 2025, 7:00 AM EDTThe Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in the next few weeks in a high-stakes case that could affect transgender people’s access to transition-related care nationwide. The case, U.S. v. Skrmetti, concerns a law in Tennessee that prohibits certain care for minors, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, and whether the restrictions are discriminatory on the basis of sex and transgender status.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Jo Yurcaba

May 22, 2025, 4:59 PM EDTThe tax bill passed by the House on Thursday would bar Medicaid coverage of all transgender care and prohibit plans offered under the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges from covering such care as an essential health benefit, potentially jeopardizing access to care for hundreds of thousands of trans adults and an unknown number of minors.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Jo Yurcaba

May 21, 2025, 5:30 PM EDTAbout half of LGBTQ Americans, or 54%, consult astrology or a horoscope at least yearly, which is about twice the portion of U.S. adults overall, at 28%, according to a new report. The report, published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday, is based on a nationally representative survey of 9,593 U.S. adults conducted last year. LGBTQ adults were also three times as likely to consult tarot cards than non-LGBTQ adults (33% vs.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jo Yurcaba

About half of LGBTQ Americans, or 54%, consult astrology or a horoscope at least yearly, which is about twice the portion of U.S. adults overall, at 28%, according to a new report. The report, published by Pew Research Center on Wednesday, is based on a nationally representative survey of 9,593 U.S. adults conducted last year. LGBTQ adults were also three times as likely to consult tarot cards than non-LGBTQ adults (33% vs.