In a heartfelt and, frankly, kick-ass rebuke, the daughter of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called Donald Trump a “disgrace” in an Instagram post and said he should “shut the fuck up” before going on to label him a “know-nothing, never-served, piece of shit.” Yep, it’s downright shocking ― and certainly a first ― to see that kind of language coming from the daughter of a cabinet secretary about the president of the United States.

Lambda Legal,a national legal nonprofit focused on LGBTQ issues and based in New York, teamed up with the OutServe-Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) in filing a suit against the Trump administration Monday, stating that they side with “every single transgender service member and those who want to serve.

Right now, as East Texas grapples with wind damage and catastrophic flooding from an unpredictable storm that may last for days, there is something we know for sure: When it’s over, the people of the Gulf Coast will pick up the pieces amid the destruction. Lives may be devastated and some things will be lost forever, but rebuilding is what they will do.

Based on the photos, it’s easy to assume Meyer is enjoying an epic – and seemingly never-ending – summer getaway. The Nebraska native, who is gay, is actually is in the midst of a three-year journey that will take him to all 417 National Park Service (NPS) sites in America. When Meyer completes the journey in 2019, he’ll not only join a group of about 40 people to have visited all of those sites, he’ll also reportedly become the youngest person to do so.

Donald Trump’s grotesquely homophobic choice for chief scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, a master’s in business and a PhD in public administration. In other words, he has no qualifications to serve in a scientific capacity at the USDA. He also is a climate change denier, and he helped stoke the racist birther lie about President Obama.

President Donald Trumpis being slammed by critics for what many said was a display of hypocrisy during Monday night’saddress on the military. “When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry and no tolerance for hate,” Trump said, referring to U.S. troops. Trump last month issued an order banning transgender people from serving, which critics said amounted to just that: bigotry.

Jerrod Kuhn of Honeoye Falls, a small village south of Rochester, New York, told the Livingston County News:“I can’t live in this community anymore. I’m in the process of figuring out what I’m going to do. I’m 21 years old and now my life is over in this area.

“Skittish” isn’t an adjective ascribed toBridget Everett, whose envelope-pushing, larger-than-life cabaret performances have made her a New York icon. But when the singer, actress and comedian landed a plum role in “Patti Cake$,” the Sundance Film Festivalsmash that hits theaters today, her nerves almost got the better of her. “I honestly didn’t know if I was going to be able to do it,” Everett, 45, told HuffPost.

It was my first time in Washington, D.C as a young, white 8-year-old from North Carolina – and it was my first time being out of pockets of the American South predominately occupied and controlled by white people. That moment was something that I will never forget – my father grabbing me around the mouth and telling me forcefully, “that is not okay to say.” The reinforcement by an authority figure that the words I just said were somehow taboo.

Two European artists who happen to be a real-life couple are teaming up for a compelling performance piece that will take them around the world on behalf of LGBTQ rights. Fleur Pierets and Julian P. Boom, who have been together for seven years, are planning to have a wedding in each of the 24 countries where same-sex marriage is legal. The artistic duo, known as “JF.