Updated Wednesday 4:40 p.m. PST 

Fired news anchor A.J. Clemente visited the Today show and he got the chance to explain just what happened during this week's on-air gay-profanity gaffe.

It's seemingly more innocent than it sounded.

Watch after the jump!

In a landmark ruling that once again puts Mexico far ahead the pace of American civil rights, the country's Supreme Court has ruled that homophobic language such as "maricones" and "puñal" is not protected speech. 

The Associated Press Stylebook—basically the journalist's Bible—has implemented a few controversial LGBT-specific "clarifications" in the past five months that have left many in the community appalled. The latest update to its guidelines suggesting that journalists refrain from using "husband" and "wife" when referring to married same-sex couples has spurred at least one couple in California into action. 

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. 

...yes, the same Kobe Bryant who was punished for calling a ref a "faggot" in 2011!

The Associated Press Stylebook—the longstanding Bible of journalism—has made major changes for its 2013 edition. Details follow.

A major push from bisexual advocacy groups and an online campaign including a petition have inspired Google to unblock "bisexual" from its search algorithm.

In a last minute twist, the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins has convinced the GOP to crystallize its threatened fight against online porn as 2012 party platform language. Details follow. 

The Log Cabin Republican's are applauding the passage of language that the pro-gay conservative group says is a nod of support for the LGBT community.

According to Buzzfeed, A subcommittee of the Republican National Committee's platform-drafting committee passed language this morning that states: "We embrace the principle that all Americans have the right to be treated with dignity and respect."

Golf claps. More after the jump.

Following the news that the Democratic Party would be drafting marriage equality into its party platform, Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner has gotten his hands on the drafted language shared with Drafting Committee members today!

Check out the marriage equality language that could make the official party platform after the jump!

It is not slander to falsely call someone "gay," an appellate court in New York state ruled today. Details follow. 

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.