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“When a photo of a homecoming kiss between Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta kissing her ‘partner’, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell went public on December 22, it set gay and lesbian hearts atwitter. What the predominantly heterosexual population thought of it was unreported. [snip] Gays and lesbians play on the inherent sense of fairness and tolerance that is …

And the military barriers continue to fall. It’s a time-honored tradition at Navy homecomings – one lucky sailor is chosen to be first off the ship for the long-awaited kiss with a loved one. Today, for the first time, the happily reunited couple was gay. The dock landing ship Oak Hill has been gone for nearly three months, training with …

“The promise from Navy leadership in this meritocracy is that any Sailor, regardless of background, race, gender, or sexual preference, has the opportunity to go as far as they can in this great Navy based on their work ethic, intelligence, aptitude, and commitment.” – Commander Tate Westbrook, at the commissioning ceremony for the Navy destroyer USS Spruance. The event took …

It took the FRC less than 48 hours to muster their GOP drones in Congress to force the Navy to rescind their new policy allowing same-sex marriages on bases in jurisdictions where it is legal.

“If the administration keeps pounding its agenda through the military, we’ll need the Navy SEALs to rescue marriage. Last week, we started to see some of the fallout from the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal. Without bothering to consult Congress-or the law-Navy officials decided to revise their training manuals to better accommodate same-sex ‘marriage.’ In a letter to the chaplain …

It appears that the U.S. Navy has authorized the usage of military chapels for performing same-sex marriages in jurisdictions where it is legal. Lez Get Real reports: The changes came in the form of an April 13 advisory memo issued to all chaplains which said the Chaplain Corps was revising its Tier I DADT Repeal training manuals, which had previously …

Petty Officer Derek Morado today won his discharge hearing with the Navy after being told he faced ejection due to a MySpace photograph that was turned in anonymously. In the photo, Morado is seen kissing another man. Morado’s lawyer told KMPH News that even though DADT has been repealed, that doesn’t mean the military’s investigations are over. “There’s nothing illegal …

The Navy has suspended the aircraft carrier commander who made raunchy and anti-gay videos for the entertainment of his crew. Capt. Owen Honors commands the USS Enterprise and produced the videos while second in command aboard the aircraft carrier. He is to be relieved while the Navy investigates the incident. Made in 2006 and 2007, the videos just came to …

“Captain Owen Honors was acting more like the president of a frat house rather than the executive officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. We call upon the Navy to investigate this matter thoroughly. It is very important that the most senior leadership make it absolutely clear that this kind of bad behavior and poor judgment is not only unacceptable, but that …

The U.S. Navy is investigating a series of raunchy anti-gay videos made for the entertainment of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, an aircraft carrier based out of Norfolk, Virginia. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reports that Capt. Owen Honors of the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise broadcast to his crew a series of profanity-laced comedy sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics …

It sure seems like he’s asking for negative comments. “The repeal will ONLY go into effect AFTER this study.”

Eric Massa, the gift that keeps on giving. According to shipmates from his days in the Navy, Massa had a well-known habit of hitting on his fellow sailors, information that was supplied to the Congressional ethics committee. Massa resigned the next day. According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells …

Although the government is claiming that murdered San Diego sailor August Provost was not the victim of a hate crime, his family feels differently. Provost III, had complained a year before about being harassed for being gay. Roy said she advised Provost to report and document the incidents, but she said the military did little to help. “He went to …

The body of an openly gay sailor was found yesterday in a guard shack outside of Camp Pendleton, a USMC base just outside San Diego. The case may be investigated as a hate crime. The body of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, was discovered about 3:30 a.m. on the western edge of the base, said Doug Sayers, a spokesman …