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Gay Male Couple Makes Navy History With 'First Kiss'
Posted by Ron
Friday, February 13th 2015 @ 06:37:08 AM EST

Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Sawicki and his boyfriend, Shawn Brier, became the first gay men in history to share the ceremonial "first kiss" held when a vessel returns from deployment. It happened Monday at the homecoming of the nuclear submarine USS San Francisco at the Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. (See Photo Above.)

Sawicki, who was deployed for seven months in the Western Pacific, was chosen for the special moment by a lottery. He and said his comrades were thrilled.

"Everyone was cheering for me when they announced it over email," Sawicki told KNSD. "Everyone was very excited, very supportive, very happy."

Photographers were on hand to capture the embrace.

(From Ron: You will remember all that Pentagon crap back in the 1990s about gays not being able to serve in the Navy because the bunks were too close and showers too small. Now apparently only politicians and preachers are still against gay people.)

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