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On both a local and national level, women are stepping up against these centers, either fueled by their concern for their children’s health, their quality of life, the impact of AI technology, or the related pollution that accompanies the power plants being built to fuel these sprawling facilities.
The center will be small — just 40 seats for children ages six weeks to 3 years old. To pay for it, the city budgeted about $1.5 million, or $35,000 per child.
“So much about who I am has changed because I now fully understand that it’s my responsibility to fight for a better world, not just for me to enjoy, but for everyone,” Wolf said.
In the past five years, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has become a staple of both state and federal politics, as conservatives accuse queer and trans people of influencing children’s identities in schools, sports and hospitals.
Women candidates are on the ballot in some of 2026’s biggest Senate races, and some, like Julianna Stratton and Mary Peltola, have the potential to make history.
“As somebody who played sports and was queer, but those were two very separate parts of my life, the promise and the opportunity … to integrate those was very hopeful for me.”
In “State of Firsts,” McBride — the first transgender member of Congress — navigates her ascension into national politics at a time when transphobia has become a major currency for Republicans.
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The UFC is coming to the White House for Trump's birthday. Women are a huge part of the sport's growing fan base.
Republicans’ views of same-sex couples are now similar to what they were between 2005 and 2014.
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Republicans control the U.S. Senate with a 53-47 majority. For Democrats to win back the chamber, they’d need to hold competitive seats while flipping four GOP-held ones.
Years before trans athletes in sports embroiled national politics, roller derby — the five-player high-contact sport with punk rock nicknames — tackled the question of who could play.
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"State of Firsts," which debuts in select theaters Friday, follows the first transgender member of Congress on the campaign trail and into D.C.
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