Azealia Banks continues to draw a discussion (and more attention) to the fallout over her decision to call Perez Hilton a "faggot" on Twitter. In an interview with The Music, Azealia continues to angrily defend her use of the word and goes on to blame GLAAD for much of the problem. 

Azealia Banks might not have earned all of her LGBT cred back from her f-bomb Twitter fight with Perez Hilton, but her crowd-sourcing to redefine "faggot" is somewhat of an olive branch.

...or is Azealia still trying to defend her use of the word in early January?

The Associated Press sent out an internal memo regarding the appropriate terminology for same-sex married couples. 

The original memo and its subsequent revision is the subject of controversy with some claiming the AP is invoking a "separate but equal" designation for same-sex couples.

Check out the memos and decide for yourself after the jump.

Students (and at least one teacher) at Sullivan High School in Indiana have demanded that queers be banned from the "traditional" prom they'd like to hold later this year. Local special ed teacher Diana Medley agrees BECAUSE THE BIBLE. 

There were lots of memorable moments from last night's Grammys, but we cannot get over our favorite five seconds of the proceeedings that had nothing to do with Kelly Clarkson.

Fist Brown's seated golf clap had us in stitches. No, not the literal kind he likes to require of those he meets in parking lots, hotel rooms, or well, anywhere.

The moment came when the parking lot pals were up for the same award, and Ocean won...

It's officially less than a year until the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia kickoff, and already figure skater Johnny Weir is dispensing advice to LGBT athletes hoping to attend. 

Pongsapat Pongcharoen wants to become the Governor of Bangkok and he's hoping votes from the increasingly accepted trans community will help him get there. In what is believed to be the first video in the world that openly courts trans voters, Pongcharoen makes his inclusion of kathoeys (Thais who transition from male to female) known to the world. Check it out after the jump. 

UPDATE: 11:30 a.m. EST

The Boy Scouts of America have released an official statement on board members' decision to delay their vote on the archaic gay ban until May of this year. Check out what the BSA has to say after the jump. 

As the Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America begin a three-day meeting that will determine where the group officially stands with regards to gay Scouts and Scout Leaders, they'll have 1.4 million voices to contend with.

According to GLAAD, "four Scout leaders whose petitions on Change.org sparked a national movement to end the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy, delivered more than 1.4 million signatures from their combined petitions to the Boy Scouts headquarters today.

More after the jump.

America's favorite son, Eagle Scout and Scouts For Equality President Zach Wahls eviscerated homophobe Ed Whelan on Saturday during an interview with CNN's Randi Kaye and it was a thing of beauty. (Seriously, we don't even smoke and we needed a cigarette after.)

Whelan trots out the tired party line of the danger of having gay men around impressionable young boys in the Boy Scouts and Wahls articulately and logically shoots down his argument.

Sit back and enjoy folks.

Ahead of the Boy Scouts of America board meeting that will decide the fate of its archaic gay ban, President Obama has come out in support of ending the homophobic policy and opening the ranks to LGBT troops and leaders. Check out what the president had to say during an interview on CBS News over the weekend.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants the Boy Scouts of America to maintain its strict anti-gay policy and made that clear today when he addressed the Texas Scouts' 64th annual Report to State, where (as explained by The Associated Press) hundreds of Scouts from around Texas filled the state House of Representatives to announce their delegation's recent accomplishments.

He argues that the group should hold onto its "traditional conservative values" rather than "bending to the whims of popular culture."

Cute.

More after the jump.