Secretary of State Hilary Clinton paid tribute to the State Department’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) organization. The ceremony was held in the State Department’s historic Ben Franklin room for the first time.

After receiving a standing ovation Clinton thanked the crowd for what she called their courageous actions in the face of historic discrimination. The secretary lamented that homosexuals could not serve openly in the State Department until 1992.

The editors of the Associated Press Stylebook have announced that they are “discouraging” use of the word "homophobia." The AP Stylebook is the widely used guide that media use to standardize terms and general usage.

Why should the LGBTQ community be in a kerfuffle about it? Because the editors made their decision without consultation with the nation's leading LGBTQ organizations, leaders, activists and newspapers. That is a problem.

(This post was originally published by SDGLN content partner GLAAD.)

Tonight catch all new episodes of "Modern Family," "Suburgatory," "Top Chef," "American Horror Story: Asylum" and the season premiere of "Happily Divorced."

9 pm: Modern Family on ABC (30 mins) NEW

SAN DIEGO -- To promote its upcoming holiday show, the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus (SDGMC) has created another music video parody of Mariah Carey and Justin Bieber's "All I Want For Christmas Is You."

The chorus is screening the video, which features several members SDGMC, at a number of Hillcrest bars and nightclubs this week in an effort to raise awareness about the "Ice & Spice" show, which will take place Dec. 15 and 16 at Balboa Theatre.