This morning (June 15), the Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ+ personnel are protected from workplace discrimination, and that the Civil Rights Act of 1964's Title VII does indeed extend its protections against sex-based discrimination to transgender workers. This is a large win for the LGBTQ+ community, and one that underscores how trans people had continued to be targeted for workplace..

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Dominic Fike has been poised for his debut breakout moment for the past few years right now, scoring a No. 1 on the Option Songs chart in 2018 ("3 Nights") and palling around with Brockhampton. He also got his own song, the ethereal "Dominic's Interlude," on Halsey's album Manic earlier this year, where he managed to create a mere 76 seconds sound like a maximalist celebration. Fike'..

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In the days right after J.K. Rowling, the author in back of the hugely popular fantasy series Harry Potter, published a slew of transphobic tweets, several celebrities and agencies have responded by doubling down on their support for the transgender community. And one particularly powerful response came by way of genderqueer pop vocalist King Princess. Previously, on Saturday (Ju..

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within the past week, as international demonstrations in support of Black lives and against racial injustice and violence have grown to unprecedented numbers, Justin Bieber has used his Instagram page to share his own support. He's posted that "all lives never matter up until Black lives matter" plus a guide to being an anti-racist ally, also and how to honor Breonna Taylor on what wo..

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The Rock has one simple message for President Trump: "Where are you?" In a long message posted early this morning (June 4), Dwayne Johnson went in, not directly addressing the president by name however calling out his lack of visibility at a time of mass protests and demonstrations against police violence and killings. "Where is our leader at this time?" He asked. "At this time whene..

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At the end of last week, as global protests were spreading in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman, Lea Michele tweeted her support for Black Lives Matter. "George Floyd did not deserve this. This was not an isolated incident also it must end," she wrote. Shortly right after, Michele's former Glee co-star Samantha Marie Ware quote-tweeted Mich..

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At the end of last week and into the weekend, thousands of Residents of the United States in cities like Minneapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago, New York, and more gathered to protest police violence in light of the recent deaths of unarmed civilians George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more. Soon, the movement had grown global, with notable demonstrations in New Zealand, England, Ge..

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Following his multi-year turn because the shimmering lead vampire, Edward Cullen, of Twilight's five blockbuster films, Robert Pattinson stepped back from major motion photos. And with The Batman and Christopher Nolan's Tenet slated for release in 2020, this year should have marked his return to the big screen. Yet because of the coronavirus pandemic, he told GQ, "Literally, I’m..

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By Jordyn Tilchen “This is really cool,” 17-year-old TikTok star Chase Hudson mentioned at the begin of our call. And if Hudson, who goes by Lil Huddy online, says that an interview with MTV News is cool, it is. That goes for most things in Hudson’s life now, from his order of wildly popular influencer companions to the bulky silver chains around his neck. Immediately after co-..

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Daniel Radcliffe is bringing some much-needed magic to quarantine: The actor, who played the titular boy who lived in the film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's beloved series, is narrating the book that began it all, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He joins a crew of celebrities who are taking turns reading chapters to prepare construct a full, streamable audiobook, obtainabl..

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because the world keeps it up and continues to combat the spread of COVID-19, the infection caused by the novel coronavirus, high schools across the United States have closed, and college campuses have totally emptied out. With many institutions turning to online learning to help students finish out their academic years, that leaves several seniors, in particular, attending virt..

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It has been an exhilarating month for new celebrity parents: Just last week CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his son Wyatt, and supermodel Gigi Hadid confirmed her pregnancy with former One Direction singer Zayn Malik. And now, Miss Anthropocene herself, the ethereal Canadian singer Grimes, has given birth to a healthy child. On Monday (May 4) Grimes and her partner..

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