Swedish speakers have officially been given a third option to turn to for pronouns. As in English, the Swedish language was confinded to gender binary versions of "he" and "she" that referred to a person's perceived sex. But that all changed this week as the country made the bold move to add the word "hen" to its National Encyclopedia. 

We're getting our first look at how Washington voters will be presented with an effort to repeal marriage equality in the state at the ballot in November. A judge has denied the homophobes' effort to wedge "redefining marriage" into the repeal's language and has instead approved a summary that will be less charged when voters head into the booth. Read the final language for referendum, after the jump.

Rashad Butler of the Houston Texans is the latest professional athlete to drop an F-bomb on Twitter and have it explode in his face. Details follow. 

Some folks combined their hate of gays with their hate of Valentines Day to come up with the global trending Twitter topic, #FagDay. It's a little shocking because one just assumes the responsible dbags are so brainless that they can't even add simple maths like the above equation! But lo, the addition somehow slipped into the No. 3 trending topic on the social network this morning. 

A sassy same-sex wedding card reportedly on sale at Whole Foods isn't exactly inspiring a chorus of chuckles across the LGBT community. The message on the inside of the card (complete with a glaring grammatical error) that's left some gays and lesbians feeling offended, after the jump. 

The Scientology steamroom is absolutely buzzing today after Tom Cruise's teen son Connor showed his true Thetans by using "gay" pejoratively on Twitter this week. 

Updated Tuesday, 1:25 p.m. EST

The Trans Enlightenment and Defense League has blasted RuPaul for his recent defense of gay men's pejorative use of "tranny." Details follow.

Updated Friday, 2:20 p.m. EST

After an inquiry from the Human Rights Campaign and Politico, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol has refused to condemn a radically homophobic and misleading email sent to subscribers of the publication. 

Updated 3:15 p.m. EST

Apparel makers looking to make a few bucks off the big upcoming footballish game between Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU (we have straight friends to explain these things to us) by joking about gay bashings have apparently taken down their website. 

Radio show host and activist Lance Bass has penned an apology letter for The Huffington Post following a lesson in transgender-sensitive terminology. Details follow. 

A clever (and spot-on) PSA from Heterosexuals for Same Sex Equality (HSSE) dispenses an eclectic lineup of sexy women to remind straight guys that a true man is not homophobic. Watch the smart spot, after the jump!

Updated 12:30 p.m. EST

A representative from the L2 Arts and Culture Center has spoken with Instinct about the "inexucsable error" wreaked by its marquee sign software that censored the word "gay" from the Denver Gay Men's Chorus concert over the weekend. Details follow.