A kiss is still a kiss—but what a kiss it was! When a female naval officer smooched her fiancee during a military homecoming ritual, it indelibly marked the true and final end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The victories of the past year seemed to come fast and furious: New York finally legalizing same-sex marriage along with Maryland and Washington State; Chaz Bono busting a move as Dancing with the Stars’ first transgender contestant; the snowballing Occupy Wall Street movement demanding justice for the hardworking 99 percent. Even great tragedy, and the still-raw memories of America’s worst terrorist attack, failed to slow the rekindling of our optimism. (And if you want more proof, see GO’s landmark Tenth Anniversary issue this September!)
A STEP IN THE RITE DIRECTION
The seventh season of the hit ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy was ahead of the same-sex marriage curve when Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw), doctors at the fictional Seattle Grace hospital, tied the knot in the May 5 episode. The two character’s nups predated the real-life legislative battle in Washington State, which kicked off in early 2012 when Governor Christine Gregoire introduced a bill to legalize marriage equality. The legislature passed it on February 8. Who says life doesn’t imitate art?
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