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!)
GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER
Fireworks went off on the weekend of July 4—and it wasn’t just due to Independence Day. The acquittal in the sensational trial of Casey Anthony, the young Florida mom charged with murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, stunned America, causing outrage among the masses and legal scholars alike. Some observers likened it to a redux of the O.J. Simpson trial, while others wondered what caustic HLN host Nancy Grace would have to talk about once the sentencing phase (in which Anthony received time served for giving false information to police) was over.
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