Snoop Lion hoped an appearance on VH1's Big Morning Buzz would silence some of the uproar over recent comments he made about hip hop being “too masculine” to welcome a gay rapper. (As if there are no masculine gay men.)

Somehow, he just seemed to make the entire situation even worse.

It's been a whirlwind of a month for John Paulk, the former founder and leader of Love Won Out, an "ex gay" and conversion therapy group created by hate group Focus on the Family. After coming out as still in fact gay gay gay, Paulk has decided to denounce the movement he once championed and to apologize to the LGBT community. 

So, what does Paulk have to say?

There have been a few NFL players who've said that they'd be uncomfortable in a locker-room with a gay teammate. Rapper T-Pain is sick of the arrogance and has taken to Twitter to call out these guys for what they are: homophobic.

Is one of the most recognizable faces of the "ex-gay" movement ready to publicly come out against the dangerous quackery?

PQ Monthly charts the evolution of John Paulk, a man who spent years as the the poster boy for reparative therapy, but now says "I no longer support the ex-gay movement or efforts to attempt to change individuals."

More after the jump.

California's ban on "ex-gay" reparative therapy has gotten its day in federal appeals court. 

Proponents and opponents of the ban had a hearing today in front of the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals. 

More after the jump.

We've already touched on Log Cabin Republican Matt Salmon's "strong" relationship with his parents--including Congressman Matt Salmon, who has openly spoken out against marriage equality--but we had to share this nugget regarding Matt's experience with ex-gay therapy.

Apparently it wasn't all bad. 

Why? Well it helped Matt meet guys. 

He tells Anderson Cooper about the experience after the jump.

Azealia Banks has been the subject of controversy within the LGBT community for most of the year after tossing an "f-bomb" in the direction of Perez Hilton. By most accounts the openly bisexual artist has patched over the rift with her wider community and has gone on to lay the groundwork for her impending debut album release. After teasing the video last week, Azealia has finally released the long-awaited full version of "Yung Rapunxel."

Grab your Illuminati guidebook and follow the jump to check out the latest from Azealia!

There is not a single state in the U.S. that has not been a part of the larger evolution toward marriage equality support, according to new analysis from the Williams Institute. Yep, even Wyoming! 

You'd have to be colorblind not to notice the sea of change that flooded Facebook this week.

On Monday, the Human Rights Campaign promoted its red-hued equality sign and asked supporters of marriage equality to make it their profile picture in honor of the Supreme Court hearings; by Wednesday, a large portion of users had made the swap to state their support.

Today, in a rare glimpse at the data behind the scenes of the largest social network, Facebook breaks down the number of users who changed their profile pictures on Tuesday (the day of the Prop 8 hearing at SCOTUS).

Out of all the marriage-equality based scatter-plot matrix graphs that come across our desks daily, today's from Salon might be the best.

Details of the science behind Salon's matrix after the jump.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie found himself in quite a pickle this week when he didn't exactly come out against "ex-gay" therapy, which is currently facing court time in his state. After facing backlash and a PR nightmare from his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, Christie's office released a statement of clarification late Thursday night.

Updated Thursday at 2:35 p.m. PST 

New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Senator Barbara Buono blasted Gov. Christie today for his ambivalence towards the state's proposed ex-gay therapy ban. See what she has to say after the jump!