Words matter.  They shape how people think, especially about matters with which they are unfamiliar. And just as it's not "gay lunch" or "gay baseball," calling it "gay marriage" means it is different from "straight marriage." It's not.

On February 1, Perez Hilton appeared on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell in a segment that began with Barbara Bush, a daughter of Republican former-president George W. Bush, who spoke about "marriage equality." If a Republican can get it right, why can't self-professed gay activist Perez Hilton?

It's time Perez Hilton and other self-proclaimed LGBT leaders get it right and represent us to the public, properly.

Please. Tell Perez Hilton, who is able to speak daily to hundreds of thousands of people -- gay and straight -- that gay or straight, marriage is "marriage."