Watch the Navy’s First Official Lesbian Kiss [Video]

It’s too bad the world is going to end next year, because sometimes it seems like it might actually be kind of okay: this is a video of Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, chosen by raffle to receive the ritual first homecoming kiss, greeting her fiancée Citlalic Snell on the pier—the first same-sex homecoming kiss in Navy history. The couple met in boot camp and kept their relationship secret until the September repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. “It’s nice to be able to be myself,” says Gaeta. [Virginian-Pilot] More »