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Brooke Sopelsa

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NBC News journalist, NYU Stern MBA, bibliophile, Sapphic, dog mom Signal: BrookeSopelsaNBC.31

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NEW: More than 20 hospitals and health systems have temporarily or indefinitely rolled back trans care for minors and some young adults this year amid threats of federal investigations and cuts to government funding, an NBC News analysis found. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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At least 21 hospitals have ended or restricted trans care for minors since January
The disruptions follow multiple efforts by the Trump administration to block such care for patients younger than 19.
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Brooke Sopelsa @brookesopelsa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Across the country, exhibitions with LGBTQ art and themes are being altered, postponed or outright canceled.
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Queer art faces widespread museum censorship, curators say
Across the country, exhibitions with LGBTQ art and themes are being altered, postponed or outright canceled under Trump 2.0.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
988's LGBTQ youth service is officially down. From me and @brookesopelsa.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ youth service, which has provided queer youths with specialized services since 2022, was officially terminated Thursday.
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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBT health funding, upending research field The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBT-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century. My latest for @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field
The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Lawmakers in 9 states propose measures to undermine same-sex marriage rights With @brookesopelsa.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Lawmakers in 9 states propose measures to undermine same-sex marriage rights
A Michigan Republican introduced a resolution Tuesday urging the Supreme Court to reverse its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage ruling.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
NEW: Women's sports bars expected to quadruple across the U.S. in 2025 The boom coincides with the soaring viewership and popularity of professional and college women’s sports. With @brookesopelsa.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Women's sports bars expected to quadruple across the U.S. in 2025
The boom coincides with the soaring viewership and popularity of professional and college women’s sports.
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Joe Kottke @joekottke.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Denver Public Schools called the Education Department’s decision to investigate the conversion of a women’s restroom into an all-gender facility as potential discrimination “unprecedented.” www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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Education Dept. to investigate installation of all-gender restroom at Colorado high school
Denver Public Schools called the decision to investigate the conversion of a women’s restroom into an all-gender facility as potential discrimination “unprecedented.”
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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 @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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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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Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
After 30 years, DOJ's LGBTQ employee group shuts down www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-... by @brookesopelsa.bsky.social @ryanjreilly.com
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DOJ’s LGBTQ employee group shuts down after three decades
The board of DOJ Pride, founded in 1994, told members that the decision was made “in the interest and for the protection of all members.”
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