“Perez Hilton calld me douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasnt his but still made me feel better.”

— Rapper 50 Cent, sounding off Sept. 6 on Twitter about gay gossip maven Perez Hilton. The tweet, which included a photo of two men running from a mob, has since been removed. (MTV UK, Sept. 12)

“Making light of violence against LGBT people in a time when violent hate crimes are still regularly perpetrated against our community is not only deeply offensive, but also potentially inflammatory.”

— The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, urging supporters to tell 50 Cent via Twitter that “anti-gay violence isn’t something to joke about.” (glaad.org, Sept. 9)

“And thank you to all the gays for remaking this video over and over again.”

— Lady Gaga, accepting the Video Music Award for Best Female Video for her song “Bad Romance.” (MTV.com, Sept. 12)

“I think we should just try to make heterosexual divorce illegal.”

— Iconic filmmaker John Waters on how gay and lesbian couples can achieve marriage equality. (Associated Press, Sept. 13)

Top photo: Rapper 50 Center (via Facebook)