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Vote for AfterEllen.com's "Best Lesbian Kiss" Award!

Logo just announced their nominees for the second annual NewNowNext Awards, including the AfterEllen.com "Best Lesbian Kiss" Award. Below is an explanation of each of the Best Kiss nominees — once you've read about them, vote in the poll at the bottom of the post.

Bette and Tina in the finale of The L Word
This kiss between Bette and Tina (any kiss between Bette and Tina) was one of the few bright spots of the series finale.

Dr. Callie Torres and Dr. Arizona Robbins on Grey's Anatomy
Arizona and Callie sneak a kiss on the job, in the stairwell of Seattle Grace.

Olivia and Natalia on Guiding Light
An exasperated Olivia finally kisses a clueless Natalia to show her what everyone else thinks is happening between the two friends.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi at the 2008 Daytime Emmys
Ellen shares a very public kiss with Portia when she wins the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host in June.

Emily and Naomi on Skins
In the concluding episode of their storyline this season, Naomi finally throws caution to the wind and kisses Emily at school, consequences be damned!

Barb and Christine on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Straight friends Barb and Christine pretend they're a couple as part of a ruse to keep Barb in the country.

Now it's time to choose! After you cast your vote for the AfterEllen.com award in the poll below, you'll automatically be presented with the other categories to vote on — just click the "skip" button in the top right corner if you don't want to vote in a category. (Yes, you can vote multiple times in a category, and yes, that means this is not the most scientific poll, it's just for fun.)

Voting is now closed. Check back June 13 to find out who won!

Visit the official NewNowNext Awards site for info, photos and videos of the nominees in other categories.

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  • Dee's picture

    Emily and Naomi

    That kiss at the locker! It's gotta be that one! Like I love the rest - but I find it's that kiss that I watch over and over again!!
    bestKISSx's picture

    Emily & Naomi - award for best KISS.

    I mean, honestly..
    PLEASE WATCH FOR KISS:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YBCaq1qEZ4

    Video: Scene buildup (worth watching), and kiss starting at 1:40.

     

    loveb's picture

    Best kiss

    Best lesbian kiss right here

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    DUB's picture

    LOVE LOVE LOVE

    there is nothing like a bette & tina kiss. Everytime i see them im amazed at what they were able to convey.

    bestKISSx's picture

    KISSY KISS. [Emily&Naomi]

    You love it, just keep watching. ;p

    melodrama's picture

    Best kiss Bette and Tina

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    melodrama's picture

    Bette and Tina

    Best kiss forever

    user posted image

    melodrama's picture

    Bette and tina

    They are the most beautiful couple in the world and the best kissers

    Watch video here

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN272lUs1CA&feature=related

    crazylady46's picture

        Tibette

     

     

     

     Tibette is the best couple , best kiss , HOTTESS LOVE SCENE (A-LIST AWARDS)  best everything

     

     

    ....I will be happy to get out of this little incestuous hotbed of lesbian interfuckingconnectedness.” – Bette to Kit

    safka's picture

    Tibette

    Best kiss! This kiss will win, hands down!

    melodrama's picture

    Bette and Tina best kiss

    I second that, no one could compare to Bette and Tina, ever, you get it? EVER
    melodrama's picture

    Bette and Tina

    Crazylady46, I am with you, Bette and Tina are the only possible winner.

    Watch their kiss

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN272lUs1CA&feature=related

    tennewpence's picture

    I totally agree !!

    I totally agree !!
    bestKISSx's picture

    Emily & Naomi - best KISS award

    Also,



    Naomi: *walks back to Emily -- pushes against locker*
    Naomi: "I can't stand it, I can't."
    Emily: "It's okay. It's okay."
    Naomi: "Jesus."
    *sounds of students approaching* 
    Naomi: "Christ..."

    m916903m's picture

    BEST KISS.....

    definitly the locker scene is the BEST.

    guys we have to remember the voting is for BEST KISS not best couple or true or something.... ok as i have said in my previous comments im a big fan of tibette and otalia even calzona.... but as much as i love them i have to be true and admit that naomily's kiss is way better.... others have posted the animation for those need convincing (its way better with sounds ;)  thank you guys....

    i dont intend to offend anyone ...just my opinion .... peace!!!

     

    Kristin's picture

    :)

    Definitely best kiss!
    Eris_of_Myth's picture

    That's the best one!

    Seriously. They are the cutest and most passionate couple since Willow and Tara. The only thing that could make that show better would have been Emily drop kicking Katie during the fight scene at the dance.

     

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    Sorry for the gravity...

    melodrama's picture

    Bette and Tina

    Nothing compares to Bette and Tina's kisses

    video

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN272lUs1CA&feature=related

    melodrama's picture

    Bette and Tina "best kiss"

    No kiss is better than this one

    user posted image

    rieann's picture

    Otalia

    Something tells me the Otalians will be voting full force on this. ;)
    MsWoo's picture

    ya think?

    YEP :D
    dj shiva's picture

    hehe

    Team Big Otalia Pimpin', at your service.  :)

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    OTALIA!! WE. WANT.  IT.

    The Sci-Fi Bard's picture

    Otalians Unite And Take Over!

    You bet your sweet ass WE WANT IT dj shiva!

    That Otalia kiss was smokin', even though it was pretty one-sided at the time.

    I'm just waitin (and waitin and waitin) for the real deal sometime soon when they both get down to their first 'real' kiss as a couple! That will be a very fine day indeed, and in the meantime, their first kiss is always fun to rewatch (and rewatch, and rewatch, and rewatch....)

    {{{hugs}}}

    TSFB (Otalia obsessive and founder of POW! - Pathetic Otalia Widows)

    Sivon's picture

    Don't forget...

    Otalia is endgame...

     

    Representing the LOVE!!!

    alexlerd's picture

    Otalia

    Oh yes we are ;o) Go team Otalia;o)
    Otalia4Ever!'s picture

    Olivia kissing Natalia!!

    I am a huge Otalia fan and I definitely voted for their kiss even though Natalia didn't really know what was going on yet then! I'm waiting for them to share a mutual, loving kiss together on the show!! I can hardly wait for today's show and I also hope we get to see them on their weekend away together at the spa resort...maybe it will happen there since they will be in the same room the whole time...talking about their feelings for each other and how they should handle things now and hopefully will show and tell each other how they truly feel about one another!!!

    karissa 's picture

    Emily and Naomi

    there kiss was way way hot but if they dont win bette and tina are my second choice loved it but wait i did like callie arizona also hard hard hard

    Irish88's picture

    Tibette forever

    It can only be the one and only tibette! The skins kiss is a close ish second! As much as I love Otalia their kiss involved Olivia demonstrating a point to Natalia so I don't really count it as a kiss because it was devoid of feeling!
    JV's picture

    Calzona!!

    Calzona Number One fan!

     

    As Much as i love tibette and Niomily, I have to give it to Callie and Arizona, it was cute, playful yet sexy and it had been a long time coming for Callie!! Come one people, she looks happy, when was the last time that happened??!!

     

     

    IfOnly's picture

    :)

    When she was twelve apparently, living at home with her parents.

    epkade's picture

    lol!  I wonder what will

    lol!  I wonder what will happen to Callie now that her moneys have been swept away from her. 
    Lister's picture

    Haha well...

    She's a surgeon... Somehow I think she'll manage
    DocCovington's picture

    sexy?

    It was cute, but in no way sexy.

    Sexy was what Callie and Erica shared in the season four finale and in the elevator. ;)

    ahhiker's picture

    I believe the Otalia kiss

    I believe the Otalia kiss was when Olivia and Natalia realized their feelings were much more than just friendship.  It took them a year to finally admit their love for each other, but oh what a year!  They are moving forward with their relationship and I am enjoying every second of it! 
    Otalia4Ever!'s picture

    Their feelings for each other were finally being realized!!

    I agree with everything you put as I also think that kiss was definitely when they realized they felt more than just friendship about each other! Yes it has taken them a year to admit their love but the way they've done it has been so touching, adorable, sweet, and hot! I can hardly wait until they're alone together in their room at the spa resort when they have their weekend together...I am hoping we get to see another kiss between them now that they have admitted to each other that they do love each other!!! I just can't get enough of Otalia!! 
    nimbusrogue's picture

    Otalia all the way

    Otalia hands down for me and I'm looking forward to another hot kiss from them real soon!
    free2bme's picture

    Otalia FTW

    That kiss is hands down the best. 

    Drat Vanity's picture

    Skins - Emily and Naomi!

    They are getting my vote. They have the hottest/sweetist kiss, full of passion.

     

    Although I'm an Otalia fan, I think their kiss was too one-sided to deserve the award, really. Their first PROPER kiss, though...that might kill people.

    Desi's picture

    Skins - Emily and Naomi!

    Totally with you on this one. I'm an Otalian and I love Naomily. 
    The two kisses don't compare; Naomily's was mutual and steamy, Otalia's was one sided and played for a point rather than passion or sweetness. And yes, I'm prepared for that first mutual passionate kiss to kill me ded.  


    Naomily gets my vote all the way for this topic and these options.

    Skypaday's picture

    Am I the only one

    who voted for Ellen and Portia?

     I love all the fictional couples, don't get me wrong, but it's so good to see this in real life without some huge scandal. 

     Edit: I just realized the irony of voting for the only real-life couple when my picture is of a fictional couple kissing.  Ha.

    rieann's picture

    Willow and Tara

    Hey that's Willow and Tara, and they're like, lesbian royalty. :) Fictional as they may be.
    Skypaday's picture

    That is very true.  :-D

    That is very true.  :-D
    polkadotwings's picture

    No I voted for Ellen &

    No I voted for Ellen & Portia too :)

     Bette & Tina would have been my next pick, but I think Ellen & Portia are too cute for me not to vote for them haha.

    jordan-writes's picture

    Nope

    my fellow Buffy fan you are not the only one who voted for Ellen and Portia. I love the L Word but hated the last season so I couldn't give the vote to them, and I hadn't seen anything of the rest. How can you not vote for the real kiss? Plus I love me some Portia.

    http://jordan-writes.blogspot.com/

    empiremunchies's picture

    No I did too

    I totally get what you are saying because I voted for Portia and Ellen for that same reason.  Their kiss holds soo much more significance because it was real life and they weren't afraid or ashamed to do it.  I find that to be the best. 

    While I am a die-hard Otalia fanatic I wouldn't vote for that kiss as the best because it wasn't romantic at all....the context of the kiss was all wrong.  Now that they have acknowledged their feelings for each other, their REAL first kiss will be something special and magical.

    antigone's picture

    I'm voting twice!

    Tibette because they are HOT HOT HOT and what kept me coming back to the L Word for six long, painful years.  I couldn't NOT vote for them.

    Even still, Ellen and Portia have to be the true winners.  They are loving, beautiful, and so dang girls next doorish, despite their fame and fortune, that one can't help but adore them.  Their positive loving visibility makes it a better world for all of us.  Reality must trump fantasy.

     

    Volkova84's picture

    TiBette of course!:D

    In my opinion the best kiss is between Bette and Tina,no one beats them,however others might disagree :P 

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    "Can you tell me softly how you'll always haunt me..." t.A.T.u

    safka's picture

    I don't disagree

    Tibette kiss is the best!!

    The other kisses don't compare. Tibette forever!

    Rachel452's picture

    Ellen and Portia...cuz

    Ellen and Portia...cuz they're real.
    lectra's picture

    otalia ftw!

    wow that was hard... i couldn't decide between naomily and otalia but in the end have to go with Olivia's and Nat's kiss. Their story is just so overwhelming...