The Cultural Roadmap for City Girls Everywhere
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!)
WEINER DOG
When will politicians learn? New York Rep. Anthony Weiner got caught “sexting” naughty photos of himself to a 21-year-old woman, who was not his pregnant wife Huma Abedin, and initially claimed his Twitter account had been hacked. Journos smelled a scandal and hounded the powerful House Democrat for a week. Weiner finally admitted taking the self-portraits “of an explicit nature” and resigned from Congress in humiliation. At least Weiner’s no Spitzer.
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