The first kiss is a long-held Navy tradition, yet previously has always been shared by a male and a female. The smooch between Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta and Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell came three months after the repeal of the US military’s archaic “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule.

The 23-year-old Gaeta had been at sea for 80 days before disembarking from the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship, and Snell, 22, was waiting for her. Gaeta was dressed in her Navy dress uniform and Snell wore a black leather jacket with blue jeans. Spectators who watched screamed their appreciation and waved flags. Gaeta chatted to reporters after the kiss, saying:

“It’s something new, that’s for sure. It’s nice to be able to be myself. It’s been a long time coming.”

The kiss was described as a “non-event” by commanding officer of the USS Oak Hill, David Bauer:

“It’s going to happen and the crew’s going to enjoy it. We’re going to move on and it won’t overshadow the great things that this crew has accomplished over the past three months.”

Both women are Navy fire controlmen – essentially, their job is to maintain and operate weapons systems on ships. The couple met as roommates at training school, and have now been dating for over two years.

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Pictured: George at a Takei Pride parade.

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…not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Sacramento, CA  morning drive show ”Rob, Arnie and Dawn”  has ceased broadcasting until June 11th following advertiser and listener backlash due to a controversial segment bashing transgender and cross-dressing teens.

Chipotle, Snapple and Sonic are among nine advertisers withdrawing crucial business from the show in protest of the May 28th broadcast. During the show, co-host Arnie States said:

“If my son, God forbid, if my son put on a pair of high heels, I would probably hit him with one of my shoes. I would throw a shoe at him.”

Host Rob Williams concurred.

“A boy who wears a dress is a freak. He’s a nut.”

The pair went on to admonish transgender people and their supporters to “stop hiding behind research and laws.” It bears repeating that some studies indicate gay, lesbian and transgender teens are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers.

In a headache-inducing, all-caps statement made on their website, the hosts had this to say for themselves:

WE PRESENTED OUR OPINIONS ON A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT IN A HATEFUL, CHILDISH AND CRUDE FASHION; AND THEN, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETRACT THOSE REMARKS, WE DEFENDED THEM.

SINCE THEN, YOU, OUR LOYAL LISTENERS, HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT WE WENT TOO FAR. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. NONE OF YOU SAID THAT WE COULDN’T HAVE OPINIONS, YET SO MANY OF YOU SAID THAT THE WAY WE GAVE THEM CROSSED THE LINE. FURTHER, YOU SAID THAT OUR ATTEMPT TO MASK OUR COMMENTS AS “JOKES THAT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD BY OUR AUDIENCE,” WAS UNACCEPTABLE. I WOULD SAY NOW THAT IT WAS WORSE THAN THAT, IT WAS COWARDLY. YOU HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR.

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Lindsay Lohan clearly didn’t have enough to do this weekend, since she made her way onto the Facebook group discussion entitled “Not Breaking Up” to say that she’s still with her flame. Posting under her pseudonym “Bella,” she left a particularly pithy response:

“Tabloids and people tell lies- they always wanna see everything and anything good come to an end. duh.”

Honestly, guys aren’t going to give up on the ideas of catfights and man jealousy so fast if Lindsay doesn’t dispel rumors throughly. Why respond if it’s going to be like this? She’s rivaling Rosie in the brevity department.

Sam was always the eloquent one in the relationship. I’d like to see her take a stab at the rumors!

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Lesbian or not, Lindsay Lohan would be better off if she would just come clean and stop sending all these mixed messages.

Or, even better, just tell her mom to shut up and stop confusing us, especially after she ambiguously commented on Linds’ lesbian rumors with “If she’s happy, I’m happy. That’s all I’ll say.” I’m not sure exactly what Dina meant, but I do know that the “happy” speech is usually used when a parent is secretly having a meltdown. (Well, that’s what it meant in my house, anyway).

What makes things even tricker is Lindsay’s rep’s statement after she was offered a rumored $1 million to come out in OK! mag. After Lilo turned it down, her rep responded “They sent offers and we passed.”

So are they saying that Lindsay turned it down because she wasn’t getting paid enough, or because she’s not a lesbian? The vagueness is killing me, especially now that we have more photos surfacing of Lindsay and Samantha looking extra close.

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