When opening up Tweetdeck or Hootsuite this morning, you might have noticed that the hashtag "#Idaho" was seriously trending. But it has nothing to do with the Gem State.

The popular buzzword pushed out by Twitter users today commemorates the International Day Against Homophobia, a movement that originated in Paris, France, and is coordinated by the IDAHO Committee (which has nothing to do with the American-French potato trade).

On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases, hence today's celebration.

But as organizers push out their message on social media with the popular #IDAHO hashtag, they seem to have overlooked our small corner of the world, inadvertently swiping the name of the 43rd state.

It's possible that the French overlooked the Larry Craig scandal, Idaho's failed Add the Words campaign and Frank Vandersloot, the national finance co-chairman for Mitt Romney's campaign who is often defending himself against claims that he's anti-gay.

So in response, we're suggesting Idahoans should band together under our own hashtag, #PARIS: People Against Really Ironic Socialmedia.

Below is a collection of Tweets with the hashtag #IDAHO:

North Carolina is currently facing an anti-gay marriage ballot measure. One redneck jerkoff citizen was riled up enough by his neighbor's sign opposing the measure that he fired a shotgun at it.

And in an additional act of dumbassery, he filmed it and put it on YouTube, presumably assuming that everyone would congratulate him on his sweet bigotry and even sweeter aim. The local sheriff's office quickly identified him as 17-year-old Jonathan Alexander Wiles and reportedly spent more than an hour "discussing" the issue with Wiles, and eventually cited him for discharging a firearm in close proximity to a residential district.

Conservatives have argued that gay marriage undermines "traditional marriage." Ignoring the fact that until recently, traditional marriage meant selling an underage girl to a rich foreigner to forge a political alliance, it is still a preposterous concept because it would seem to indicate that the coupling of people in Massachusetts that you will never meet will somehow make you love your spouse less, which seems like a stretch. (In addition to being deeply insulting to your spouse.)

But after watching this video, it's easy to feel that there may be something to the argument, as the effort put out for this proposal is so monumental that it makes the "traditional marriage" folks who go down on one knee at Red Lobster look like they're just plain phoning it in. Heteros have grown complacent in their marriage dominance and are going to have to start bringing some serious A-game if they want their proposals, and subsequent marriages, to be seen as anything other than sad, laughable efforts to take part in the new, gay-agenda-dominated world order.

Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is no stranger to LGBT issues. He penned the script for the Clint Eastwood-directed J. Edgar, and won an Academy Award for writing Milk, the Gus Van Sant-directed biopic about slain gay politician Harvey Milk.

With Black's new play, 8, he's turning his focus to the topic of same-sex marriage, and more specifically, to the infamous ballot measure in California that attempted to overturn it, Proposition 8.

Black based 8 on transcripts for the trial and firsthand interviews.

An A-list cast including Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Lynch, John C. Reilly and George Takei will read the play during a live webcast at 8:30 p.m MST on Saturday, March 3.

The live stream will be available via YouTube at afer.org.

In 2009, during the height of the furor over California's Proposition 8—the measure that banned same-sex marriages across the state and is currently being challenged in court—actor Neil Patrick Harris sang an interesting argument about the amount of money that same-sex marriage could contribute to the economy in a Web video called Prop 8: The Musical.

Turns out Doogie Howser was right.

The New York Post is reporting that revenue to New York City's marriage bureau jumped by more than $200,000 thanks to gay marriage.

From the article:

Total revenue to the city’s marriage bureau jumped from $2.07 million from August through December 2010, to $2.26 million in the same period last year, after same-sex nuptials went into effect, according the City Clerk’s Office.

Gay couples began getting married on July 24 last year.

The city issued 36,913 marriage licenses from July 24, 2010, to Feb. 22, 2011, and 41,967 during the same time period the following year, ending yesterday, according to the clerk’s office.

The Post article doesn't include any numbers on the external costs of getting married, just the licenses. But according to costofwedding.com, the average wedding costs $26,542, meaning the extra 5,054 couples getting married likely contributed $134 million and change to New York's economy. Not too shabby.

For some time now, the Mormon Church has been one of the largest financial and political backers opposing same-sex marriage, and gay rights in general, most visibly in the ongoing kerfuffle over California's Proposition 8.

But for much longer, the church has been engaging in the practice of baptizing the dead into their religion. At best, it's a practice that is ethically and morally dubious, and at worst, it's just plain awful, especially when it comes to the church's baptism of those who are actively opposed to their faith. Notable examples include Mitt Romney's atheist father-in-law, Holocaust victims like Anne Frank and more.

But now, the tables have been turned on both of those issues with a new website: All Dead Mormons Are Now Gay.

After a vote from the Legislature Wednesday, Washington state is poised to be the seventh state to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.

This speech from Republican Maureen Walsh of Walla Walla, Wash., was part of those proceedings.

Walsh said that though her husband died six years ago, it isn't the sex she misses, it's the companionship, and that it is wrong to deny that to anyone. She also said that without people willing to stand up for what is right in the past, she would not be able to hold office.

But what makes Walsh's speech so compelling is its fragility. There are no hysterics and few politics. It's just a deeply heartfelt rumination on love and loss. With a few endearingly awkward verbal stumbles about a life without sex.

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The Add the Words, Idaho campaign has invited the public to compete in a new art competition.

Add the Words, Idaho is a statewide all-volunteer initiative that aims to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act. Currently, Idahoans can be fired from their jobs for being gay or transgender. The goal of this campaign is to demonstrate public support for the inclusion of gay and transgender folks in the state’s fair employment, housing and education laws.

Local artists are invited to submit a piece of visual art on a 3-inch by 3-inch post-it note, or any other piece that is under 1 foot by 1 foot in any medium. The competition is divided into two categories: one for adult artists and another for children 16 and younger. The size and content of the art is supposed to reflect the spirit of the campaign.

Entries may be delivered to the Hoff Building at 802 W. Bannock St., Ste. 402, between 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 23-24. They can also be mailed to P.O. Box 2661, Boise, Idaho 83701 by next Tuesday, the due date.

A crowd of Boise’s transgender community, friends and allies gathered on Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Anne Frank Memorial to remember the victims of anti-transgender violence during International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

“Transgender Day of Remembrance is for remembering our brothers and sisters that have been murdered violently just for being true to themselves,” said Emilie Jackson-Edney, a local transgender-rights activist. “So we honor them in our memories and also celebrate their lives, celebrate the human spirit and give the strength to continue on.”

The event included a series of brief speeches, a candlelight vigil and a ceremony in which leaves marked with the names of victims were released into the Boise River. It was a somber evening, but with an uplifting spirit and message.