Fantasia Barrino thinks the whole world's gone mad, but it might just be Fantasia. Earlier this week the American Idol alum posted a mysterious message to Instagram calling on the world to judge pot smokers and same-sex couples, not Fantasia. Today, she's explaining herself. 

Noah Syndergaard, a new acquisition for the New York Mets, is getting his MLB career in the lower 48 started on the wrong foot after tweeting an anti-gay slur. Details follow. 

Even in a message conveying disappointment and frustration, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson still manages to remain polite as he kindly shows homophobic "fans" the door. 

A few weeks back it was Apple getting all cute with us by adding same-sex couples to its available emoticons; this week it's Facebook who's joining the wedding party. Now, instead of having an icon of a little blue straight couple plastered to their profile whenever they change their status to married, recently wed same-sex couples get something a little more appropriate.

Thanks to a bevy of anti-bullying initiatives and LGBT-friendly advances, Facebook will become the first social network to receive a GLAAD Media Award. Details follow. 

Mama Cher's acrylic nails take no prisoners when they're left to wreak havoc on Twitter. Mitt Romney and a few of Cher's followers who rushed to defend him found themselves in the line of the diva's fire yesterday (and we found ourselves microwaving some Orville Redenbacher and sitting back to enjoy the show!)

So, what does Cher think about Mittens?

The esoteric and ambiguously applied guidelines for Facebook pages have reared their possibly double-standard ugly head once again. This time, Manhunt's fan page is the victim. 

Like #ToMyUnbornChild before it, another Twitter trending topic has solicited disgusting and violent anti-gay sentiment from homophobic users. If Child Protective Services didn't start following these child-related Twitter hashtags before, perhaps it will start after a flood of shocking entries to the #ThingsIGottaTeachMySon thread saturated the social network. Some of the most vile responses to the trending topic, after the jump.

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Facebook contacted Instinct directly regarding their removal of Visible Cultura's gay kiss image.

See what they had to say after the jump!

A few days ago #ToMyUnbornChild became a popular trending topic on Twitter, provoking at least 100 users to use the hashtag to announce they'd murder their kid if they ended up gay. Storified has curated a list of some of the worst offenders. Follow the jump for a handful of the shocking tweets.

Drag queen Jackie Beat is known for her trademark irreverent humor, but did a joke she made on Twitter on Wednesday that has sparked a backlash really cross the line, as her critics are accusing?