What Sean Spicer REALLY thinks about queer rights

Welcome to week one No Images? Click here     In the LGBTQ community  Welcome to week one, and thanks for signing up for our newsletter series on Trump’s First 100 Days so you can experience how our changing America is impacting the LGBTQ community. Get a front row seat for all the news that matters through day 100. Ready for this adventure? Former vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine helped a lesbian couple tie the knot on Inauguration Day in northern Virginia. Dea Jones and Sharon McLeod, who hail from Kentucky, said they wanted to make sure they had the fullest legal protections possible before President Donald Trump came to power.  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer offered a brief, but troubling, response to a question about LGBTQ rights at a press conference on Monday. When asked whether or not Trump plans to roll back former President Barack Obama's executive order on LGBTQ rights, Spicer said, "I just don't know the answer." When it came to President Trump's vow to build a wall along the Mexican border, Lambda Legal CEO Rachel B. Tiven didn't mince words. “We are not a country that discriminates against people based on religion or nationality," she said. "As a Jew whose grandparents watched in frustration while President Roosevelt refused to admit refugees from Nazi Germany, I am embarrassed for my country today."   Acts of Hate Meet the politician who wants to put those who call out homophobia in jail.  Take Action Contact your local representative by chatting with our Facebook Messenger bot here.   Acts of Love   One of New York’s most beloved museums has created a safe space for LGBTQ teens. The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is sponsoring Open Art Space, which includes guided gallery walks, projects and sessions. “We endeavor to create a space where LGBTQ teens feel heard, supported, and recognized," artist Mark Joshua Epstein said. Lush Cosmetics offered a small, but significant, break from the international gloom and doom with its stunning Valentine's Day photo series. The cosmetics brand kicked off the campaign last week with a romantic shot of a gay couple enjoying a bubble bath, followed by a beautiful image of two lesbians that nodded to the participants of the Women's March on Washington.  “It’s nice to think that I’m the priority.” Writer-performer Justin Sayre is among the ranks of those disappointed by the results of the 2016 presidential election, but he’s found a silver lining. Ahead of his Jan. 22 performance in New York, Sayre said Trump's victory had given him the “overwhelming urge to be so gay that I start to make people around me uncomfortable.” Get breaking updates on how Donald Trump's policies are impacting communities across the U.S. by chatting us on Facebook Messenger.     Learn more about how Donald Trump's first 100 days in office will impact you, your friends and your neighbors.  Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. For general politics news, check out our HuffPost Politics newsletter. ©2017 The Huffington Post | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from The Huffington Post Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe