We realize that Google's Arabic translation tools are still in Beta, but we're happy that the folks at the Middle East Gay Journal spotted a big, fat mistake in the way it translates the word "gay." We'll have to take their word for it since we can't read the Arabic alphabet, but when the word "gay" is entered into the tool, it returns the result "luti," which comes from the name of the prophet "Lot" in the tale of Sodom and Gomorrah and basically means "sodomite."

While not as offensive as "fag," the word is still inappropriate and the Middle East Gay Journal started a letter-writing campaign that prompted Google to promise to fix the error, which they claimed was a result of using inaccurate online dictionaries.

Google vows to change derogatory gay translation [PinkNews]
Middle East Gay Journal [Official Site]